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Experts agree: This virus isn't going anywhere anytime soon. But it's possible that in the months ahead we'll devise bright new ways to fight back.

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center Vaccinators in four states told Insider about their experiences administering coronavirus shots. The process has been joyous, they said — even when lines are long or doses are in short supply. They often see vaccine recipients tear up, take selfies, or start dancing. As coronavirus vaccines rolled out to US healthcare workers in December, stories of dysfunction and disappointment quickly emerged. States reported receiving fe...

The researchers said there was "little evidence that schools have contributed meaningfully to increased community transmission."

If the virus continues to mutate frequently, new strains may force scientists to constantly update vaccines.

Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP President Biden issued several coronavirus-related executive orders during his first two days in office. The orders aim to increase mask-wearing, accelerate vaccine distribution, and tighten international travel restrictions. Over 100 days, Biden hopes to give most K-8 schools funding to reopen and administer at least 100 million shots. President Joe Biden took office Wednesday amid a deadly peak in the US coronavirus outbreak. On averag...

Getting one COVID-19 shot does not make you immune to the coronavirus. Shots from Pfizer and Moderna are designed to be most effective starting 7 to 14 days

Advertisement "The US was supposed to be the most prepared country for a pandemic. And we are doing the worst - that is shocking," Scott McNabb, a professor of public health at Emory University who previously worked at the CDC, recently told Insider. Experts have blamed the substandard roll out on a lack of preparedness and states being left to fend for themselves. "Theres no federal response," Dr. Peter Hotez, a professor of pediatrics, molecular virology, and microbiology at Baylor College of...

"It's not a happy day when you have to get up in front of national TV and contradict" the president, Fauci said.

Sandra Lindsay didnt know she would be the first person in the US to receive a coronavirus vaccine outside clinical trials. She had volunteered to get the shot on the first day it was available, December 14, as a sign to communities of color that the vaccine was safe. "That was the goal today," Lindsay, director of critical care nursing at the Long Island Jewish Medical Center, told the New York Times. "Not to be the first one to take the vaccine, but to inspire people who look like me, who are...

The new system is meant to get more shots in arms, but it could also punish states that lack the funding or resources to quickly administer doses.