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The nation’s COVID-19 death toll stands at around 800,000 as the anniversary of the U.S. vaccine rollout arrives. A year ago, it stood at 300,000. 

One year ago, as shots first became available, the nation’s death toll from the virus was about 300,000. It’s now around 800,000. And any celebrating of the scientific achievement is fraught with discord and mourning.

One year ago, the biggest vaccination drive in American history began with a flush of excitement in an otherwise gloomy December. 

National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins said scientists and health officials may have underestimated how the spread of misinformation could hobble the 'astounding achievement' of the vaccines.

One year ago, the biggest vaccination drive in American history began with a flush of excitement in an otherwise gloomy December. Trucks loaded with freezer-packed vials of a COVID-19 vaccine that had proved wildly successful in clinical trials fanned out across the land, bringing shots many hoped would spell the end of the crisis.