US could accelerate COVID-19 vaccination pace, give 1M per day, says Fauci

The U.S. could soon be giving at least a million COVID-19 vaccinations a day despite the sluggish start, Dr. Anthony Fauci said Tuesday.

Javits Center, SUNY, CUNY to be COVID vaccination drive-thru sites

The Javits Center and the campuses of SUNY and CUNY will be used as COVID vaccination drive-thru sites operated by the state.

New York to fine hospitals that fail to use up vaccines

Gov. Andrew Cuomo threatened to fine hospitals up to $100,000 if they don't finish their first round of inoculations by the end of the week.

California has six confirmed cases of the new coronavirus strain

Gov. Gavin Newsom said the state health department is investigating to see how those people were infected: "Did they travel? Did they not travel? Did they have contact with someone who was traveling?"

Connecticut nursing homes on track to wrap up first vaccine doses Friday

Gov. Ned Lamont said staff and residents at all of Connecticut’s nursing homes are on track to have their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine by Friday.

California dentists may be asked to administer coronavirus vaccines

The CDA welcomed an emergency public health waiver from the California Dept. of Consumer Affairs, officially allowing dentists to administer the COVID vaccine.

Prosecutor: WI pharmacist thought COVID-19 vaccine was unsafe

A Wisconsin pharmacist told police he tried to ruin hundreds of doses of coronavirus vaccine because he felt the medicine wasn't safe, a prosecutor said Monday.

FDA calls idea of half-dosing Moderna COVID-19 vaccines ‘premature’

The FDA declined to immediately approve administering Moderna coronavirus vaccines in half-doses in a bid to distribute the shot wider across the U.S. population, saying the move would be “premature” and doesn’t have the full weight of science behind it.

UK ramps up vaccinations with first Oxford-AstraZeneca injection

Britain has taken another giant step in the fight against COVID-19, ramping up its immunization program by giving out the first shots in the world from the vaccine created by Oxford University and pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca.

Cuomo: 'The vaccine works, but it only works if we take it'

Governor Cuomo vowed not to take the COVID vaccine until it is available for black, Hispanic and poor communities in New York.

Fauci: Vaccinations are ramping up in a `glimmer of hope'

Dr. Anthony Fauci says the U.S. ramped up COVID-19 vaccinations in the past few days after a slower-than-expected start, bringing to 4 million the number of Americans who have received shots.

Coronavirus means life won't go back to normal until fall 2021, despite vaccines: Fauci

Top White House coronavirus adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci said Thursday that life in the U.S. will not get back to normal until fall 2021 despite emergency approvals of vaccines.

Return to normalcy requires vaccines, masks, distance

Experts told FOX 5 NY that people who get the vaccine are encouraged to still wear masks and limit contact. Herd immunity will likely be achieved if 80% to 85% of Americans are vaccinated.

Coronavirus vaccine rollout continues in NJ

More essential workers in New Jersey rolled up their sleeves Thursday for a shot of Moderna's coronavirus vaccine.