COVID-19 Vaccine
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November 1, 2024 at 7:02 PM

Idaho health department isn't allowed to give COVID vaccines anymore

A regional public health department in Idaho is no longer providing COVID-19 vaccines to residents in six counties after a narrow decision by its board
November 1, 2024 at 7:02 PM
FILE - A syringe lies next to vials of COVID-19 booster vaccines at an inoculation station in Jackson, Miss., Friday, Nov. 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)
2 months ago

Why you might not want to rush to get the new COVID vaccine

Updated COVID-19 vaccines are arriving for the fall and winter season. Experts say you should get vaccinated, but you may not need to rush to receive the shot.
2 months ago
In this Jan. 25, 2022 file photo pre-loaded syringes of the COVID-19 vaccine are ready for use in New Orleans.
2 months ago

What the end of the CDC's COVID vaccine access program means for uninsured Americans

The CDC is ending a program that provided free COVID vaccines to uninsured Americans. What does this mean for the rollout of the updated COVID shots?
2 months ago
This photo provided by Moderna in August 2024 shows packaging and syringes for the company's updated COVID vaccine for ages 12 and older approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Aug. 22, 2024.
2 months ago

FDA approves new COVID vaccines

Here's what you need to know about the updated COVID-19 vaccines, which will be available soon.
2 months ago
VIDEO: FDA approves new COVID vaccines
3 months ago

What to know about the updated COVID vaccines coming this fall

The CDC recommends everyone ages 6 months and older get vaccinated.
3 months ago
The CDC recommends everyone ages 6 months and older get vaccinated.
3 months ago

What to know about the updated COVID-19 vaccines coming in the fall

Updated COVID-19 vaccines are expected to be rolled out in August or September. Here's everything you need to know about the shots.
3 months ago
In this Dec. 14, 2020, file photo, Lenox Hill Hospital Chair of Emergency Medicine Yves Duroseau receives the COVID-19 vaccine from Doctor Michelle Chester at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, in New Hyde Park, N.Y.
4 months ago

No significant risk of birth defects after 1st trimester COVID vaccine: Study

A new study published Wednesday found there was no significant risk of birth defects linked to babies born to women who received the COVID vaccine in the first trimester.
4 months ago
In this undated stock photo, a pregnant woman is seen receiving a vaccine injection.
4 months ago

Nurse who received 1st COVID shot awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom

Sandra Lindsay was one of seventeen recipients to be honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Joe Biden.
4 months ago
In this Dec. 14, 2020, file photo, Sandra Lindsay, left, a nurse at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, is inoculated with the COVID-19 vaccine by Dr. Michelle Chester, in Queens, New York.
4 months ago

DeSantis' administration advises against updated COVID shots for people under 65

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is advising against the use of the new COVID-19 booster for people under the age of 65, even as infections tick upward in the U.S.
4 months ago
Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a campaign event, June 2, 2023, in Lexington, S.C.
4 months ago

State offers $1 million COVID-19 vaccination scholarship program

Maryland launches $1 million vaccination scholarship program, VaxU.
4 months ago
A syringe in filled with a dose for the COVID-19 vaccine in Salisbury, Md., March 19, 2021.
4 months ago

Fauci says 'fully vaccinated' definition not yet changing to include boosters

Dr. Anthony Fauci appeared on ABC's "This Week" Sunday.
4 months ago
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee about the ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill, Nov. 4, 2021.
4 months ago

What to know about the next generation of COVID-19 vaccines

A NIH-sponsored clinical trial has begun testing a nasal COVID-19 vaccine. Here's what you need to know about the possible next generation of shots.
4 months ago
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5 months ago

Moderna COVID-flu shot sees strong immunity in older adults during late stage trial

Moderna's combo flu and COVID vaccine provided a strong immune response in older adults, with levels comparable to getting the flu and COVID shots separately.
5 months ago
Moderna's combo flu and COVID vaccine provided a strong immune response in older adults, with levels comparable to getting the flu and COVID shots separately.
5 months ago

Moderna COVID-flu shot sees strong immunity in older adults during late stage trial

Moderna's combo flu and COVID vaccine provided a strong immune response in older adults, with levels comparable to getting the flu and COVID shots separately.
5 months ago
The Moderna Inc. headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US, on Tuesday, March 26, 2024. (PHOTO: Adam Glanzman/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
7 months ago

Vaccine nationalism hinders world vaccination effort

Why vaccinating the world against COVID-19 is a monumental undertaking.
7 months ago
Doctors and nurses from the Gevas Public Health Center vaccination team walk to a house to administer the Chinese Sinovac Coronavac vaccine during a house call in the village of Daldere on Feb. 12, 2021 in Van, Turkey. Since shipments of the Chinese Sinovac Coronavac vaccine arrived in Turkey on Dec. 30, 2020, medical teams across the country have been working house to house to administer the COVID-19 vaccine to elderly and vulnerable citizens.
7 months ago

COVID vaccines found to cut risk of heart failure, blood clots after virus infection

COVID-19 vaccines were found to cut risk of heart failure by up to 55% and blood clots by up to 78% following COVID infection, according to a new study.
7 months ago
Denise Fractious, 68, of Pasadena, receives her COVID vaccine during a flu and COVID-19 vaccination clinic at Kaiser Permanente Pasadena on Oct. 12, 2023, in Pasadena, Calif.
7 months ago

COVID vaccines cut risk of heart failure, blood clots: Study

Researchers in the study looked at the original strain of the virus and the delta variant.
7 months ago
Researchers in the study looked at the original strain of the virus and the delta variant.
1 year ago

Why are people hesitant to trust a COVID-19 vaccine?

Vaccines are proven to reduce deaths and help end pandemics, but the historic speed that the coronavirus vaccines have been developed has made some people hesitant to take them.
1 year ago
Vaccines are proven to reduce deaths and help end pandemics, but the historic speed that the coronavirus vaccines have been developed has made some people hesitant to take them.
1 year ago

About 36M Americans adults have received the updated COVID vaccine: CDC

Newly released survey data from the CDC shows 36 million American adults, about 13.9% of the U.S. adult population, has received the updated COVID vaccine.
1 year ago
In this Dec. 14, 2020, file photo, Lenox Hill Hospital Chair of Emergency Medicine Yves Duroseau receives the COVID-19 vaccine from Doctor Michelle Chester at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, in New Hyde Park, N.Y.
1 year ago

Updates on flu and COVID-19 vaccines

With new flu and COVID-19 vaccines available, which one is the right one for you?
1 year ago
With new flu and COVID-19 vaccines available, which one is the right one for you?
1 year ago

Flu, COVID shots together safe after review of potential stroke risk: Experts

Older adults who got a COVID booster and a high-dose version of the flu vaccine together may have an increased risk of stroke, according to a new FDA-funded study.
1 year ago
A unidentified Department of Health and Mental Hygiene employee holds a Covid-19 Moderna booster shot, on Oct. 10, 2023, at City Hall in New York.
1 year ago

1st participant dosed in phase 3 of Moderna's combo COVID, flu vaccine trial

Moderna announced the first participant has been dosed in the company's phase 3 clinical trial of its combination flu and COVID vaccine.
1 year ago
In this Feb. 13, 2021, file photo, the headquarters of pharmaceutical company Moderna is shown in Cambridge, Mass.
1 year ago

Almost half of US adults plan to get new COVID-19 vaccine, survey finds

The latest poll conducted by the KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor found that nearly half of all adults in the U.S. plan to get the newly recommended COVID-19 vaccine.
1 year ago
The updated COVID-19 vaccine is displayed at Northwell Health's Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park, New York, on Sept. 13, 2023.
1 year ago

What the CDC says about the updated COVID vaccine

Immunity wanes after anywhere from 3-6 months, experts say.
1 year ago
Deborah Sampson, left, a nurse at a University of Washington Medical Center clinic in Seattle, gives a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine shot to a 20-month-old child, June 21, 2022, in Seattle.
1 year ago

Surgeon general on new COVID vaccine rollout

ABCNL's Elizabeth Schulze sits with U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy and our panel to discuss the resurgence of COVID and the new booster shot.
1 year ago
VIDEO: Surgeon general on new COVID vaccine rollout
1 year ago

Former surgeon general rebukes DeSantis administration's claims on COVID vaccines

Florida's former surgeon general is speaking out against the DeSantis administration advising against updated COVID shots for people under 65.
1 year ago
Dr. Scott Rivkees speaks to the media as he is flanked by, Gov. Ron DeSantis, left, and Deputy Secretary for Health Dr. Shamarial Roberson, right, March 2, 2020, in Tampa.
1 year ago

COVID-19 shots will be free for most, regardless of insurance

The latest, updated COVID-19 vaccines should soon be available to everyone and offered largely free of cost, according to the CDC.
1 year ago
The Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine is prepared for administration at a vaccination clinic for homeless people, hosted by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health and United Way, Sept. 22, 2021 in Los Angeles.
1 year ago

CDC recommends new COVID-19 booster shots

The director advises that anyone 6 months and older should get at least one updated shot.
1 year ago
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1 year ago

CDC director stresses importance of updated COVID booster shot

"We'd all wish for COVID to be in the rearview mirror but, unfortunately, it's still here," CDC Director Mandy Cohen told ABC News.
1 year ago
In this May 26, 2020 file photo Dr. Mandy Cohen, secretary of the state Department of Health and Human Services, speaks during a briefing on the coronavirus pandemic at the Emergency Operations Center in Raleigh, N.C.
1 year ago

What to know as CDC recommends new booster amid rising cases, hospitalizations

The CDC recommended that all Americans aged 6 months and older receive the new COVID booster that targets currently circulating variants.
1 year ago
A vial of the Moderna COVID-19 booster vaccine targeting BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron sub variants is pictured at Skippack Pharmacy, Sept. 8, 2022, in Schwenksville, Pa.
1 year ago

CDC Director: COVID vaccines studied 'more than any vaccine in history'

ABC News' Linsey Davis spoke with new CDC Director Mandy Cohen about the approval of a new COVID booster shot and why she feels it is so important for vaccinated and unvaccinated people to get them.
1 year ago
VIDEO: CDC Director: COVID vaccines studied 'more than any vaccine in history'
1 year ago

CDC approves new COVID booster shot

It comes just a day after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized and approved the new shot.
1 year ago
VIDEO: CDC approves new COVID booster shot
1 year ago

COVID hospitalizations have risen for 2 months straight as new booster shots expected

Despite the continued rise, the most recent week was the smallest percent increase in the past 2 months, according to the CDC data.
1 year ago
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health Nurse Eliane McGhee prepares COVID-19 booster shot during the Los Angeles Comic Con at the Los Angeles Convention Center, Dec 2, 2022.
1 year ago

CDC expected to approve latest booster

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized and approved updated COVID-19 boosters on Monday amid rising cases and hospitalizations. CDC approval is the next step.
1 year ago
VIDEO: CDC expected to approve latest booster
1 year ago

CDC expected to recommend new COVID boosters made by both Moderna, Pfizer

COVID-19 hospitalizations are on the rise across the country; nearly 9% over the prior week.
1 year ago
VIDEO: CDC expected to recommend new COVID boosters made by both Moderna, Pfizer
1 year ago

FDA approves new COVID booster

The new shots now await approval from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control before they are available to the public.
1 year ago
VIDEO: FDA approves new COVID booster
1 year ago

COVID-19 booster shots expected as early as next week

The upcoming COVID-19 booster is expected as early as next week.
1 year ago
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health Nurse Eliane McGhee prepares COVID-19 booster shot during the Los Angeles Comic Con at the Los Angeles Convention Center, Dec 2, 2022.
1 year ago

Moderna says COVID booster effective against all current variants

The updated shot protects against severe disease and death for all current variants, including the now-dominant strain, BA.2.86, the company said.
1 year ago
VIDEO: Moderna says COVID booster effective against all current variants
1 year ago

Update on COVID-19 boosters and warning about RSV

A new COVID-19 booster from Moderna shows promising results for protecting against a new omicron subvariant, while the CDC reported a rise in RSV cases in the Southeast.
1 year ago
VIDEO: Update on COVID-19 boosters and warning about RSV
1 year ago

Updated COVID vaccine likely to be available mid-September

The updated COVID vaccine should be released in mid September.
1 year ago
A nurse prepares a syringe of a COVID-19 vaccine at an inoculation station in Jackson, Miss., July 19, 2022.
1 year ago

Government spending $1.4 billion to study new and improved COVID vaccines

Over $1.4 billion has been awarded to clinical trials for COVID-19 vaccines, the development of a new monoclonal antibody, and new vaccines and therapeutic technologies.
1 year ago
A vial of coronavirus vaccine on a vaccination record card with a syringe on the side
1 year ago

Most should wait for updated COVID booster shot to maximize protection: Experts

Despite the rising number of COVID cases and hospitalizations, experts said most people should wait for the updated boosters to be released before getting another shot.
1 year ago
A vial of coronavirus vaccine on a vaccination record card with a syringe on the side
1 year ago

FDA recommends update to COVID vaccine against latest strain

ABC News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jen Ashton explains the recommendations from the FDA to update vaccines against the latest COVID-19 strain, which will likely have mutated by winter.
1 year ago
VIDEO: FDA recommends update to COVID vaccine against latest strain
1 year ago

COVID vaccine protection drops dramatically after 6 months: Study

The study looked at protection offered from the original vaccines but not from the updated bivalent boosters.
1 year ago
The study looked at protection offered from the original vaccines but not from the updated bivalent boosters.
1 year ago

COVID vaccine effectiveness against omicron drops dramatically after 6 months: Study

A new study found that the original COVID-19 vaccines saw their effectiveness decline against infection with the omicron variant to less than 20%.
1 year ago
A healthcare worker hands in surgical gloves pulling a COVID-19 vaccine liquid from a vial to vaccinate a patient.
2 years ago

New York midwifery charged with distributing fake COVID vaccine cards

An upstate New York midwifery is facing federal charges after allegedly distributing thousands of fake COVID-19 vaccination cards and destroying vaccine vials.
2 years ago
A medical workers holds a vial of the new Moderna Covid-19 vaccine before filling syringes with it in Needham, Mass., June 21, 2022.
2 years ago

FDA clears 2nd omicron COVID-19 booster for people over 65

The FDA authorized a second omicron-targeted bivalent COVID-19 booster vaccine for people over 65 or who are immunocompromised.
2 years ago
President Joe Biden receives his updated COVID-19 booster in the South Court Auditorium at the White House campus on Oct. 25, 2022, in Washington, D.C.
2 years ago

FDA updates COVID-19 vaccine schedule for older adults

The agency has withdrawn authorization for the original vaccine and has implemented a strategy similar to the flu vaccine.
2 years ago
The agency has withdrawn authorization for the original vaccine and has implemented a strategy similar to the flu vaccine.
2 years ago

As COVID-19 protection measures go away, concerns remain for high-risk Americans

Nearly three years after the start of the pandemic, almost all restrictions for COVID-19 safety have been dropped, but some Americans are still worried about their own health.
2 years ago
VIDEO: As COVID-19 protection measures go away, concerns remain for high-risk Americans
2 years ago

The FDA and CDC wrote to Florida's surgeon general about his COVID vaccine claims

Here's what the FDA and CDC wrote in a letter to Florida Surgeon General Joseph Ladapo, whose claims about COVID-19 vaccines are "harmful" to public health.
2 years ago
Dr. Joseph Ladapo speaks with reporters after the Florida Senate confirmed his appointment as the state's surgeon general on Feb. 23, 2022, in Tallahassee, Fla.