The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday endorsed booster shots for millions of older or otherwise vulnerable Americans, opening a major new phase in the U.S vaccination drive against COVID-19.
Government advisers on Thursday recommended booster doses of Pfizer's vaccine for millions of Americans.
Johnson and Johnson released data showing that a booster dose to its one-shot coronavirus vaccine provides a strong immune response months after people receive a first dose.
Pfizer said Monday its COVID-19 vaccine works for children ages 5 to 11 and that it will seek U.S. authorization for this age group soon. Get the latest.
Providers of monoclonal antibodies to treat COVID-19 are no longer able to order the drugs directly. Instead, all orders must go through the s…
A federal advisory panel endorsed a plan to give Pfizer booster shots against COVID-19 to those who are 65 or older or run a risk of severe disease after rejecting a plan to give extra shots to most Americans.
President Biden has signed a new executive order to require vaccination for employees of the executive branch and contractors that do business with the federal government.
Wiregrass residents continue to get vaccinated against COVID-19 even as the number of cases reported so far this year climbed past last year’s…
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AMSTERDAM (AP) — The European Union's drug regulator said Monday that it has started an expedited evaluation on whether to recommend a booster dose of the coronavirus vaccine made by Pfizer-BioNTech.
Southeast Health will begin offering the Pfizer COVID-19 booster shot for people with compromised immune system on Wednesday, Sept. 1.
As local hospitals reached new highs for COVID-19 patients this week, vaccination rates are slowly climbing among Wiregrass counties.
The Jackson County Health Department will host a COVID-19 vaccination event at Chipola College Tuesday, Aug. 24, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., in th…
Latest numbers show that 1.7 million Alabama residents are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and nearly 2.2 million have received one or m…
The US could soon see more than 200,000 new cases of Covid-19 every day as the Delta variant spreads at a rapid pace, particularly among unvac…
Southeast Health is making preparations to begin offering the third dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for people with compromised immune sys…
The Jackson County Health Department will host a COVID-19 vaccination event at Chipola College Tuesday, Aug. 24, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., in th…
Gadsden residents can now receive $100 for getting the COVID-19 vaccine, as part of a program believed to be the first incentive outreach by an Alabama city. And for every 500 residents who get vaccinated and participate in the program, two drawings for $5,000 each will be held. The incentive money is coming from the American Rescue Plan’s Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds, the ...
In his nearly 30 years studying vaccines, Dr. Paul Goepfert, director of the Alabama Vaccine Research Clinic at UAB, has never before seen a v…
Coffee County Emergency Management Agency Director James Brown reported 71 current COVID-19 cases in the last 14 days at Monday’s county commi…
Pfizer says it plans to meet Monday with top U.S. health officials to discuss the drugmaker’s request for federal authorization of a third dos…
But Pfizer wants approval for a third dose of its COVID-19 vaccine, saying another shot within 12 months could dramatically boost immunity, and maybe help ward off the latest Delta coronavirus mutant.
Demand for COVID-19 vaccines has dropped dramatically since April even as new variants appear in the state and Wiregrass counties are labeled …
Nearly all COVID-19 deaths in America now are in people who weren’t vaccinated, an indication that daily deaths could be practically zero if everyone eligible got the shots.