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...

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.

Despite the recent wave of COVID-19 infections, most parents are reluctant to get their young children vaccinated against the virus, a new survey finds. Just 7% of parents with children ages 6 months to 4 years have gotten them a vaccine since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines for that age group in…

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.

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.

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.

A pharmacist in Northern Virginia says she’s concerned for the uninsured in her community after receiving notice from the federal government that it will no longer reimburse pharmacies for COVID-19 vaccines and tests.

A federal program that gives pharmacies reimbursements for COVID-19 tests and vaccines says it has no more funding left. News4’s Julie Carey spoke with a Virginia pharmacist who says she’s concerned for her community.

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.

President Joe Biden faces an American public unhappy with the job he has done and a crisis in Ukraine when he gives his first State of the Union speech Tuesday night.

News4’s Doreen Gentzler breaks down the answers to your most pressing COVID questions.

Some of the most frequent questions News4 has received regarding COVID-19 vaccines are about how long they last, when to get a booster shot and how COVID infection plays a role in a person’s immunity. Here’s what health experts say: Scientists say the data isn’t final yet, but it’s apparent that vaccine effectiveness starts to wain after several months....

Experts say it’s too early to know whether people infected with the omicron variant will develop long COVID

“They can have Rogan or Young. Not both,” Young wrote in a since-deleted open letter to his manager and record label that was posted to his website on Monday.