COVID-19 vaccines

Police departments that are requiring officers to be vaccinated against COVID-19 are running up against pockets of resistance across the U.S. Police unions and officers are pushing back by filing lawsuits to block the mandates.

A highly anticipated study on “mixing and matching” COVID-19 vaccines found the approach to be safe and effective, though the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines were found to spark a stronger immune system response than Johnson & Johnson.

County officials say they anticipate demand to increase for booster shots. News4’s Cory Smith reports.

Montgomery County is now giving COVID-19 vaccinations and boosters at two new locations on Monday in anticipation of increased demand for booster shots. Shots are available at the East County Recreation Center and the Silver Spring Civic Building in addition to a previously opened vaccination site at Montgomery College’s Germantown campus. Sites will continue to provide first and second...

The Maryland Zoo says it will vaccinate certain animals that have been proven to be susceptible to COVID-19

With a federal advisory committee expected to consider whether to approve third doses of the Pfizer mRNA vaccine this Friday, Dr. Kirsten Lyke hopes her research will be part of their broader booster conversation. The University of Maryland School of Medicine infectious disease specialist has spent months studying the mixing and matching of COVID-19 vaccines among volunteers across the country…

The Republican National Committee said Thursday that it plans to sue the Biden administration after the president issued two sweeping executive orders that will require COVID vaccines for as many as 100 million Americans.

The Los Angeles board of education has voted to require students 12 and older to be vaccinated against the coronavirus if they attend in-person classes in the nation’s second-largest school district.

The latest NBC News tally showed that the U.S. has recorded at least 40 million cases and over 651,000 deaths, as the fourth wave brought on by the delta variant continues to spread throughout the country.

The rate of hospitalization for COVID-19 among kids ages 0-17 rose five-fold from late June to the middle of August as the delta variant took hold in the United States, the CDC said Friday. Based on data from 14 states — including New York and Connecticut — the CDC said the COVID-associated hospitalization rate for children and adolescents the week…

The NFL has mandated that only fully vaccinated personnel — with a maximum of 50 people — will have access to locker rooms while players are present on game days

The FDA gave Pfizer-BioNTech’s two-dose coronavirus vaccine full approval on Monday for all Americans over the age of 16. The vaccine, which will now be marketed as Comirnaty, is the first COVID-19 vaccine to receive full approval by the agency.

Hundreds of thousands of children tested positive for COVID in the past week. News4’s Doreen Gentzler reports what parents should know about masks as their kids head back to school

Weekly COVID-19 cases in America are at pre-vaccine levels, and the delta variant is infecting not only adults, but thousands of children right as the new school year begins. With the sudden surge, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention made swift changes to its mask and vaccine guidance and it continues to release new information on a daily basis….

A new study out of RAND and Indiana University found that 140,000 coronavirus deaths were prevented in the U.S. as a result of the early vaccination campaign. In addition to the prevention of thousands of deaths, researchers also estimate the economic impact of the vaccine program to be between $625 billion and $1.4 trillion.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Wednesday that all Americans over the age of 18 will be eligible to receive booster shots beginning September 20 to bolster their protection against the coronavirus.

In a public service announcement released Wednesday, Pope Francis encouraged people to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, calling it an “act of love” to protect those most vulnerable during the pandemic.

U.S. health officials are expected to announce that they recommend booster shots of the COVID-19 vaccine eight months after receiving the second dose, according to sources.

WFT coach Ron Rivera blasts vaccine misinformation originally appeared on NBC Sports Washington Washington Football Team head coach Ron Rivera has been one of the most vocal leaders within the NFL about encouraging its players to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Yet getting his own players to receive the shots has been a hard task. Washington entered training camp with one…

The risk of suffering a breakthrough COVID-19 infection with the delta variant after being fully vaccinated with the Moderna vaccine may be much lower than the risk for those who received the Pfizer vaccine, according to a new Mayo Clinic study that is awaiting a full review.