COVID-19 vaccine

U.S. will be able to vaccinate all adults by end of May, Biden says

By Zeke Miller, Linda A. Johnson, Associated Press

Drugmaker Merck & Co. will help produce rival Johnson & Johnson's newly approved coronavirus vaccine in an effort to expand supply more quickly.

States easing COVID-19 restrictions despite experts’ warnings

By Heather Hollingsworth, Tammy Webber, Associated Press

The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urgently warning state officials and ordinary Americans not to let their guard down.

FDA advisory panel endorses single-shot COVID-19 vaccine from Johnson & Johnson

By Lauren Neergaard, Matthew Perrone, Associated Press

The FDA is expected to quickly follow the recommendation and make J&J's shot the third vaccine authorized for emergency use in the U.S. Shipments of a few million doses could begin as early as Monday.

How does the Johnson & Johnson vaccine compare to other coronavirus vaccines?

By Maureen Ferran, The Conversation

The Johnson & Johnson vaccine is different from the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines in a few important ways that could make it a huge help to global vaccination efforts.

WATCH: FDA committee endorses emergency use for Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine

By Associated Press

If granted emergency use, Johnson & Johnson's vaccine would be the third available vaccine in the United States, but the first to require one dose rather than two.

As hospital numbers fall, fatigued staff get some relief

By Heather Hollingsworth, Todd Richmond, Associated Press

Now the number of people hospitalized with COVID-19 in the U.S. has dropped by 80,000 in six weeks, and 17 percent of the nation’s adult population has gotten at least one dose of a vaccine, providing some relief to front-line…

COVID vaccine websites violate disability laws, create inequity for the blind

By Lauren Weber, Hannah Recht, Kaiser Health News

Many COVID vaccination registration and information websites at the federal, state and local levels violate disability rights laws, hindering the ability of blind people to sign up for a potentially lifesaving vaccine, a KHN investigation has found.

WATCH: Biden, Harris commemorate 50 million COVID-19 vaccine shots

By Darlene Superville, Zeke Miller, Associated Press

As part of the ceremony, four front-line workers — a pair of emergency medical technicians, a school counselor and a grocery store worker — received vaccine doses on live television.

Get whatever COVID-19 vaccine is available, Fauci says

By Associated Press

Dr. Anthony Fauci says it’s a race “between the virus and getting vaccines into people” and “the longer one waits not getting vaccinated, the better chance the virus has to get a variant or a mutation.”…

Military begins delivering vaccines in Texas, New York

By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press

The U.S. military is beginning to deliver shots at coronavirus vaccination centers in Texas and New York and says service members will start staffing four centers in Florida and one in Philadelphia next week.