vaccine

AstraZeneca's Rocky Rollout: The Woes Of The 'Vaccine For The World'

6:17pm June 01, 2021

by Jason Beaubien

Oxford-AstraZeneca promised its COVID-19 vaccine would be effective, cheap and available worldwide. Five months after its launch, the path forward has been anything but smooth.

Left: A drawing of a human with a cow head holding a needle menacingly toward a child as he administers a tainted smallpox vaccination was meant to sow distrust of smallpox vaccines. Right: Protesters against COVID-19 vaccinations hold a rally in Sydney i

PHOTOS: Vaccine History Repeats Itself — Sometimes

7:13pm May 14, 2021

From the first vaccine (for smallpox) the questions have been the same. How do we transport it? Who's next to get it? Why so much hesitancy? The answers can be similar — or dramatically different.

Sydney Porter of Bellevue, Wash., receives her COVID-19 vaccination from Kristine Gill, with the Seattle Fire Department's Mobile Vaccination Teams, before the game between the Seattle Mariners and the Baltimore Orioles at T-Mobile Park on May 5 in Seattl

4th Wave Of COVID-19 Hospitalizations Hits Washington State

12:12pm May 11, 2021

by Will Stone

Washington Gov. Jay Inslee is extending mandates and restrictions while much of the U.S. celebrates declining COVID-19 case numbers and hospitalizations.

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A medical professional from UofL Health administers a vaccine to a patient in their vehicle at University of Louisville Cardinal Stadium.

To Bridge The Digital Divide, Biden Administration Launches Vaccine Hotline

7:32am May 09, 2021

by Allison Aubrey

It's part of the administration's push to get 70% of adults in the U.S. vaccinated with at least one dose by July 4.

Aziz Abdul Alim, a 103-year-old man from a remote valley in Upper Chitral of northern Pakistan, is both a COVID survivor and a proud supporter of the COVID vaccine.

103-Year-Old COVID Survivor Has Advice For The Unvaccinated

7:01am May 08, 2021

by Benazir Samad

Aziz Abdul Alim, from a remote part of northern Pakistan, urges people to get their COVID shot: 'Everyone should have the courage to take it.'

A child sits on his father's shoulder in New York City's Central Park in May 2020. The COVID-19 vaccine isn't presently available to those under 16, raising questions for parents and their kids.

Health & Safety

Pediatricians Weigh In On What's Safe And Not Safe For Unvaccinated Children

11:47am April 30, 2021

by Audie Cornish

NPR's Audie Cornish talks with pediatricians Nia Heard-Garris of Northwestern University and Jose Romero, Arkansas secretary of health, about what's safe and not safe to do with unvaccinated children.

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Cooper Plans To Lift Gathering, Distancing Limits By June 1

4:10pm April 21, 2021

by Associated Press

North Carolina Gov.

A Georgia Tech employee receives a Pfizer coronavirus vaccination on the campus April 8. For a number of Americans, getting their shots is as easy as showing up to their workplace as some companies and institutions provide on-site vaccinations to their em

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For Some Americans, Getting A Vaccine Is As Easy As Showing Up To Work

8:26am April 18, 2021

by H.J. Mai

Companies like Tyson and Amazon are offering on-site coronavirus vaccinations to their employees in order remove barriers to getting the shots.

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NC Has 85,000 Other Vaccines For Those With J&J Appointments

5:17pm April 13, 2021

by Associated Press, Bryan Anderson

A masked college student walks along a syringe that morphs into a pencil.

More Colleges Say They'll Require Students To Have COVID-19 Vaccines For Fall

12:23pm April 11, 2021

by Elissa Nadworny

More campuses are expected to add the requirement, with potential legal challenges ahead. One key point: Requiring vaccines for infectious diseases is nothing new for many residential colleges.