COVID-19 vaccines

The Republican National Committee said Thursday that it plans to sue the Biden administration after the president issued two sweeping executive orders that will require COVID vaccines for as many as 100 million Americans.

The Los Angeles board of education has voted to require students 12 and older to be vaccinated against the coronavirus if they attend in-person classes in the nation’s second-largest school district.

The latest NBC News tally showed that the U.S. has recorded at least 40 million cases and over 651,000 deaths, as the fourth wave brought on by the delta variant continues to spread throughout the country.

The rate of hospitalization for COVID-19 among kids ages 0-17 rose five-fold from late June to the middle of August as the delta variant took hold in the United States, the CDC said Friday. Based on data from 14 states — including New York and Connecticut — the CDC said the COVID-associated hospitalization rate for children and adolescents the week…

The NFL has mandated that only fully vaccinated personnel — with a maximum of 50 people — will have access to locker rooms while players are present on game days

The FDA gave Pfizer-BioNTech’s two-dose coronavirus vaccine full approval on Monday for all Americans over the age of 16. The vaccine, which will now be marketed as Comirnaty, is the first COVID-19 vaccine to receive full approval by the agency.

A new study out of RAND and Indiana University found that 140,000 coronavirus deaths were prevented in the U.S. as a result of the early vaccination campaign. In addition to the prevention of thousands of deaths, researchers also estimate the economic impact of the vaccine program to be between $625 billion and $1.4 trillion.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Wednesday that all Americans over the age of 18 will be eligible to receive booster shots beginning September 20 to bolster their protection against the coronavirus.

In a public service announcement released Wednesday, Pope Francis encouraged people to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, calling it an “act of love” to protect those most vulnerable during the pandemic.

U.S. health officials are expected to announce that they recommend booster shots of the COVID-19 vaccine eight months after receiving the second dose, according to sources.

The risk of suffering a breakthrough COVID-19 infection with the delta variant after being fully vaccinated with the Moderna vaccine may be much lower than the risk for those who received the Pfizer vaccine, according to a new Mayo Clinic study that is awaiting a full review.

Ben Bleiman is the founder of the San Francisco Bar Owner Alliance, which recently decided to mandate that only customers with proof of vaccination can hang out in its bars. Bleiman explains why the health of the alliance’s bar staff is so important. And he has some harsh words for people who go through the trouble of making a fake...

Vaccine maker Moderna believes people who received two doses of its COVID-19 vaccine will need a third dose before winter as a booster shot. The company said Thursday it is also working on a single shot that would provide an annual booster for COVID-19, as well as flu and the respiratory condition RSV. “We believe that increased force of infection…

In May 2021, a poll showed that 83% of Japanese residents were opposed to moving forward with the Tokyo Olympics. Now that the Games are underway and COVID-19 cases are rising, NBCLX storyteller Fernando Hurtado went to the famous Shibuya Crossing to find out what they think now.

Moderna said Monday that it is “actively discussing a proposal with the FDA” to expand its coronavirus vaccine trial to include children ages 5 to 11. The company hopes to expand its trial to include children in this age group by the end of the year.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki confirmed the U.S. has agreed to purchase 200 million additional doses of the Pfizer/BioNtech COVID-19 vaccine.

Health Commissioner Judy Persichilli said the department intends to expand the use of the app for other full immunization histories in the future.

The Philippine president has threatened to order the arrest of Filipinos who refuse COVID-19 vaccination and told them to leave the country if they would not cooperate to contain the pandemic

Japan has announced the easing of a coronavirus state of emergency in Tokyo and six other areas from next week, with new daily cases falling just as the country begins final preparations for the Olympics starting in just over a month

As demand for COVID-19 vaccines declines across the country, unused Johnson & Johnson vaccine doses are piling up on state shelves, leaving state officials increasingly concerned.