The U.S. on Monday stood on the brink of 400,000 reported coronavirus deaths, almost double the total of the next most severely hit nation and still mourning more than 20,000 deaths per week. The U.S. has added almost 4 million new infections this month, and the emergence of new variants only figures to add to that total.
The pace of vaccinations is picking up but remains well below the optimistic estimates from public health experts when the first vaccines were authorized last month.
Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar had forecast 20 million first-shot vaccinations in December and another 30 million in January. More than halfway through January, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports 10.6 million people have received their first shot, less than 2 million the required booster.
ALBANY — The state is working to buy additional dosages of the COVID-19 vaccine from drugmaker Pfizer to ramp up New York’s supply, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday, as the
Governor Cuomo issued a letter to U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar demanding an explanation for the secretary's false claim that "all of the doses that had been held in physical reserve" would be shipped to states, when in fact the federal government had already
Feds tell states to vaccinate people 65 and older, AL leaders say thereâs not enough vaccines
Alabama begins vaccinating people 75 and older but state health leaders say, âWe need more vaccines.â
Feds tell states to vaccinate people 65 and older, AL leaders say thereâs not enough vaccines By Morgan Hightower | January 18, 2021 at 4:54 PM CST - Updated January 18 at 4:54 PM
BIRMINGHAM, AL (WBRC) - More than 900 people showed up to the Anniston City Meeting Center within hours of the Calhoun County EMA announcing COVID-19 vaccines were available for people 75 and older. In Shelby County, 200 doses of the vaccine didnât last long when vaccinations were open to the same age group. The Alabama Department of Public Healthâs (ADPH) COVID-19 vaccine scheduling hotline received more than one million calls in its first day of operation.
When the federal government announced this week it would start releasing coronavirus vaccine shots that were held in reserve for second doses, Oklahoma officials were optimistic, hoping they could greatly