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J&J COVID-19 vaccine is 'LESS EFFECTIVE against Delta variant' Mary Kekatos Acting U.S. Health Editor For Dailymail.Com © Provided by Daily Mail MailOnline logo The Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is less effective against the Indian 'Delta' coronavirus variant than other shots, a new study suggests. Researchers found that antibody levels from people who received the one-dose vaccine were twice as low compared to those given the two-dose Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccines.   The team says the findings add to the growing body of evidence that the 13 million Americans w...

FDA official says winter approval for COVID shots in kids under age 12 Mary Kekatos Acting U.S. Health Editor For Dailymail.Com © Provided by Daily Mail MailOnline logo An official from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) says COVID-19 vaccines for children under age 12 are expected to be approved in early or midwinter. First reported by NBC News, it could mean that youngsters are vaccinated over Christmas break before heading back to school for the spring semester. The unnamed official said that after the the shots are given emergency use authorization for kids, th...

Less than 500,000 adults are now receiving their first vaccine each day - down from a peak of 3.4 million in April, The Washington Post reports.

CDC Director draws a blank when asked how US will get to 70% goal Mary Kekatos Acting U.S. Health Editor For Dailymail.Com © Provided by Daily Mail MailOnline logo Twelve U.S. states have administered at least one coronavirus vaccine dose to 70 percent of their adult populations as officials attempt to ramp up the pace of shots. Nine of the states - Connecticut, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont - are in the Northeast with just three states, California, Hawaii and New Mexico, in the west. Vermont and Hawaii c...

On Sunday, the U.S. recorded 6,725 new coronavirus cases, which is the lowest single-day total since March 21, and the first time cases have fallen below 10,000 in more than a year.