COVID Vaccine: Evidence Presented At CDC Meeting Shows Benefits Of Pfizer Shots To Children 12-15 Outweigh NegativesAssuming the CDC does give its approval, as early as Thursday you can get your child a shot here in New York City at one of the more than 250 sites that offer the Pfizer vaccine.
COVID Vaccine: CBS2's Dr. Max Gomez Offers Advice To Parents Whose Children Get Pfizer ShotsThe Pfizer vaccine for teens and tweens is the same as for adults. The same two doses three weeks apart have proven to be extraordinarily safe and even 100% effective in clinical trials on adolescents.
COVID Vaccine: Doctors Urge Americans To Avoid Hesitancy And To Get Their Shots As Soon As PossibleAs COVID-19 vaccines become widely available and anyone 16 and older can now get one, there is also a number of issues that are slowing their uptake.
Connecticut Now Offering COVID Vaccine To Anyone 16 And OlderOver the past two weeks, the average number of daily new cases in Connecticut has increased by more than 60%.
With Pfizer Saying Its Vaccine Is Effective In Children, Parents And Officials Consider What It Means For SchoolsSchools in the Maplewood-South Orange school district have been all virtual for more than a year. The Pfizer news gives renewed hope for a return back to schools with teachers and friends.
Pfizer Says COVID Vaccine 100% Effective For Kids As Young As 12The vaccine had the same side effects in children as in adults - fever, malaise and body aches -- but was generally well tolerated.
COVID Vaccine: CBS2's Dr. Max Gomez Has What You Need To Know About The Johnson & Johnson ShotDaily vaccinations are now at 1.7 million Americans, with the total now over 49 million who have gotten at least one shot.
COVID Vaccine In New York: Fed Up With The Feds, Gov. Cuomo Requests Buying Doses From Pfizer DirectlyWith demand high and supplies low, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday he wants to go straight to the source.
COVID Vaccine Concerns: Eligible To Be Inoculated Monday, Some Medical Workers Perplexed By Lack Of Guidance From NYSFrustration is growing over the slow pace of COVID vaccinations being distributed in New York state.
Long Island Health Officials Working To Dispel Mistrust And Misinformation On COVID-19 VaccinesAs the rollout continues, the effort is on to build confidence in COVID-19 vaccines. It comes amid some reluctance by some of those first offered the shots.
COVID Vaccine: New Jersey ER Nurse Maritza Beniquez Receives State's 1st Dose On Her BirthdayStarting Tuesday, New Jersey's first shipment of 3,000 doses will be administered at University Hospital's new vaccination clinic in Newark.
COVID Vaccine: 1st Pfizer Doses Administered In New YorkThe nation's rollout of the COVID vaccine began Monday morning in Queens.
COVID-19 Vaccine: Tri-State Area Hospitals Expect First Shipments To Arrive As Soon As MondayThe vaccine is on its way to 636 locations nationwide, stacked on airplanes and delivery trucks.
US Government Expects First COVID-19 Vaccine Shipments Will Arrive MondayU.S. Army General Gus Perna, chief operating officer of Operation Warp Speed, said Saturday he expects the first COVID-19 vaccine shipments will arrive at 145 sites across the country on Monday.