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Why Johnson & Johnson’s one-shot Covid vaccine could be a game changer SECTIONS Why Johnson & Johnson’s one-shot Covid vaccine could be a game changerBy Noah Weiland, New York Times Last Updated: Mar 05, 2021, 10:04 AM IST Share Synopsis Some people are eager to get it because they want the convenience of a single shot. And public health officials are enthusiastic about how much faster they could get a single shot distributed. Johnson & Johnson vaccine also can be kept at normal refrigeration temperatures for three months — ideal for distribution at nonmedical sites such as stadiums an...

By Carl O'Donnell (Reuters) - When the U.S. government began shipping COVID-19 vaccines in December, state health providers could not administer shots fast enough to keep pace with deliveries and millions of doses sat waiting for arms. Two months later, the situation has reversed. Supply constraints are slowing ambitious vaccination programs, as massive sites capable of putting shots into thousands of arms daily in states including New York, California, Florida and Texas, as well as hospitals and pharmacies, beg for more doses. Nearly a dozen state and local officials told Reuters they could v...

Nearly a dozen state and local officials told Reuters they could vaccinate up to four times more people, but federal vaccine shipments remain frustratingly small.