COVID-19 vaccines

Republicans in Florida and Ohio died at a higher rate than Democrats when accounting for the additional deaths that occurred during the coronavirus pandemic and after COVID-19 vaccines became widely available, according to new research. ...

What is known as the excess death rate was 76% higher for Republicans than for Democrats, according to from the National Bureau of Economic Research published...

Pop-up events for COVID-19 vaccines are being planned in Dallas and Fort Worth through a fall campaign by the Texas Department of State Health Services.

Pop-up events for COVID-19 vaccines are being planned in Dallas and Fort Worth through a fall campaign by the Texas Department of State Health Services.

President Joe Biden has the same authority to impose a COVID-19 vaccine requirement on federal workers that private employers have for their employees.

Since parents and guardians trust healthcare providers for information, they can also help families make the informed decision to vaccinate.

After isolating for five days with mild COVID-19 symptoms, President Joe Biden said he was “feeling great” and credited vaccines, boosters and therapeutic treatments like Paxlovid for his swift recovery.

COVID-19 hospitalizations in North Texas are reaching levels last seen in February, the DFW Hospital Council says.

Three weeks after approval for COVID vaccines for kids under five, Texas is reporting low numbers of vaccinations.

Thomas cited the claims in a dissent to the Supreme Court’s refusal to take up a challenge by health care workers who opposed New York’s vaccine mandate on religious grounds.

Vaccines for children as young as six months old are now available in Dallas County. Dallas County Health and Human Services says its clinics are stocked with the vaccines for children in this age group. NBC 5’s health reporter Bianca Castro has more.

A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory committee on Saturday endorsed Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccines for young children, the last step before Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky can issue her final signoff.

COVID-19 vaccines for babies as young as six months old could be available as early as Tuesday. An FDA advisory panel backed the shots– which now have to be approved by the FDA. NBC 5’s Bianca Castro talked with local pediatrician Dr. Angela Moemeka about common questions parents may have.

The FDA must still decide whether to take the recommendations and approve the COVID-19 vaccine for kids between six months and 5 years old.

White House officials say orders have been coming in for COVID-19 vaccine doses for small children. Federal authorization of shots for U.S. kids under 5 is possible next week. The government last week began allowing pharmacies and states to place orders, with 5 million doses initially available. So far, about 1.45 million of the 2.5 million available doses of Pfizer...

Pfizer says it will seek emergency use authorization for a three-dose course of its COVID-19 vaccine in pediatric patients ages 6 months to 5 years old after publishing data from it’s latest study.

Dr. Ashish Jha, the White House COVID-19 response coordinator, warned Wednesday the U.S. will face a challenging fall and winter without additional congressional funding for testing and treatment.

The Food and Drug Administration strictly limited who can receive Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday due to the ongoing risk of rare but serious blood clots

President Joe Biden announced Thursday that he would be requesting $22.5 billion in additional funds to fight the ongoing spread of COVID-19 and address pandemic-caused issues in the supply chain.

Omicron BA.2, also known as “stealth omicron,” has been the dominant strain of COVID-19 in the U.S. since March 2022.

As demand to get COVID-19 vaccines in the U.S. collapses in many areas, states are scrambling to use stockpiles of doses before they expire and have to be added to the millions that have already gone to waste.