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On Dec. 14, 2020, five front-line healthcare workers from the University of Louisville Health received the commonwealth's first vaccines.

Vaccines may not work as well against the coronavirus variant detected in South Africa, so Moderna and Pfizer are upgrading their shots awoodward@insider.com (Aylin Woodward) © Felix Dlangamandla/Beeld/Gallo Images via Getty Images A volunteer receives an injection for a potential COVID-19 vaccine at the Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto, South Africa on June 28, 2020. Felix Dlangamandla/Beeld/Gallo Images via Getty Images COVID-19 vaccines may be less effective against a more infectious version of the coronavirus first found in South Africa. New research shows the mutated str...

States that roll out vaccines the fastest will be prioritized for future doses, officials say: 'We need doses going to where they'll be administered quickly' insider@insider.com (Aria Bendix) © Reuters Alex Azar speaks during a news briefing on the administration's response. Reuters Starting in two weeks, states with the speediest vaccine rollouts will be prioritized for additional doses, US officials announced Tuesday. The new system is meant to incentivize states to promptly record vaccinations and prevent doses from sitting in freezers. But it could also punish states th...

Trump explicitly rejected leading the US vaccine drive and is letting Mike Pence and congressional leaders do it instead insider@insider.com (Bill Bostock) © Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images President Donald Trump at an Operation Warp Speed event on December 8 in Washington, DC. Tasos Katopodis/Getty Images President Donald Trump made a conscious choice not to lead efforts to encourage Americans to get vaccinated, the Associated Press reported. The president's aides are said to have wanted him to embark on trips thanking workers in the supply chain and boosting trust in the vac...

US officials report 3,500 new Covid-19 deaths, a record for the coronavirus pandemic CNN 12/17/2020 By Christina Maxouris, Eric Levenson and Maggie Fox, CNN © Noam Galai/Getty Images NEW YORK, NEW YORK - DECEMBER 12: People visit the holiday market at Bank of America Winter Village in Bryant Park as the city continues the re-opening efforts following restrictions imposed to slow the spread of coronavirus on December 12, 2020 in New York City. The pandemic has caused long-term repercussions throughout the tourism and entertainment industries, including temporary and perman...