vaccination

More and more people in our country are becoming fully vaccinated from COVID. NBC10’s Steven Fisher speaks with a local doctor to find out what you can and can’t do.

Everyone 16 and older in Philadelphia is now eligible to get vaccinated. NBC10 reporter Matt DeLucia found that health officials are trying hard to fill all appointments.

Residents at a Community College vaccination site in Delaware County received some leftover doses of the J&J vaccine after a day of mass vaccination. NBC10’s Steven Fisher has the latest.

The extreme winter weather covering much of the U.S. is causing enough disruption to vaccinations that the country may take slightly longer to reach herd immunity against COVID-19, potentially extending the length of the pandemic, experts who are following the vaccination rollout said.

More than 1,000 troops will be deployed to mass vaccination sites to help deliver life-saving shots.

Hundreds received a vaccine dose on Wednesday at the Pennsylvania Convention Center. NBC10 Lauren Mayk talked with Mayor Jim Kenney at the site after he got a tour.

NBC10’s Miguel Martinez-Valle reports from the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Center City Philadelphia as the City health department on Wednesday began giving second doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to people. The vaccination clinic opened where Philly Fighting COVID was giving first vaccines prior to be dropped by the City.

Mayor Jim Kenney toured the reopened site Wednesday after its two-week shutdown following a botched vaccination partnership with an organization called Philly Fighting COVID.

NBC10’s Pamela Osborne reports as Pennsylvania looks to expand its coronavirus vaccination program to the next group of people.

Pennsylvania’s health secretary, Dr. Rachel Levine, said the vaccination continues to improve that hopes the federal government will change the way it doles out doses under the incoming Biden administration.

NBC10’s Miguel Martinez-Valle reports after New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy toured the coronavirus vaccination site at Rowan College of South Jersey Monday morning. Murphy says the federal government needs to supply more vaccines.

Anyone who visited certain terminals at the Philadelphia International Airport on Oct. 2 and 3 may have been exposed to measles, state health officials warned Friday.

The end of summer is near, which means students will be heading back to school shortly. NBC10’s Lucy Bustamante highlights some of the most important vaccines children should receive before returning to the classroom.

In an effort to combat the spread of Hepatitis A in Kensington, the Philadelphia Health Department will offer free mobile vaccination clinics on Tuesday. Residents and community activists point to the opioid epidemic as a contributing factor to the spread of the virus.

California public health officials would have oversight of doctors and schools with high numbers of medical exemptions for vaccinations under a legislative compromise announced Tuesday.

Actress Jessica Biel says she’s not opposed to vaccinations, but she does not support a bill in California that would limit medical exemptions. The 37-year-old has drawn criticism after appearing this week in Sacramento with vaccination skeptic Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to voice concerns about the measure. Biel posted on Instagram Thursday morning that she supports children getting vaccinated and...

Health officials say this year’s U.S. measles epidemic has surpassed 1,000 illnesses. It’s already the highest in 27 years. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated the count Wednesday, saying 1,001 illnesses have been reported since the beginning of the year. Most are from outbreaks in New York in Orthodox Jewish communities. The nation last saw this many cases...

Health officials say this year’s U.S. measles epidemic has surpassed 1,000 illnesses. It’s already the highest in 27 years. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated the count Wednesday, saying 1,001 illnesses have been reported since the beginning of the year. Most are from outbreaks in New York in Orthodox Jewish communities. The nation last saw this many cases...

A bill to end Maine’s religious and philosophical exemptions to vaccines is heading to the governor’s desk. The Senate voted 19-16 Thursday to enact the bill. Gov. Janet Mills’ administration has backed the bill ending non-medical vaccine opt-outs by 2021 for schoolchildren, as well as nursery school and health care facility employees.

New Jersey is one out of 19 states where the measles virus has shown up. A health emergency has been declared in some New York neighborhoods, meaning that unvaccinated people must get a vaccination to stop the highly-contagious disease from spreading.