vaccine distribution

Two COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna have received emergency authorization from the Food and Drug Administration, allowing front-line health care workers to be inoculated against the virus. As of Thursday, more than 9.3 million vaccine doses have been administered across the U.S., out of a total 27.6 million doses distributed. As of Friday, 436,993 people in our region have received their first...

Virginia is ramping up distribution of COVID vaccinations. Some communities are expanding the shots to the next group in line, group 1b. That group includes teachers, essential workers, jail and prison inmates and people age 75 and older. Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey reports.

D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced senior citizens are now able to register to get their vaccine. News4’s Mark Segraves explains that there’s only a limited number of doses set aside.

D.C. residents age 65 and older, teachers and several categories of essential workers will be able to make appointments this month to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, officials say.  D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser announced target dates on Monday for the next vaccination signups, which all will be scheduled using the District health department website vaccinate.dc.gov. Starting the week of Jan....

If you are among those qualified to be in the first wave of people getting the COVID-19 vaccine in DC, you can now sign up for an appointment. News4’s Mark Segraves reports.

There is good news out of the District where more doses of the vaccine are arriving and officials are expanding the groups of people who can now receive it. News4’s Mark Segraves reports.