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WASHINGTON — A new COVID-19 vaccine will be available to Soldiers as an alternative to the Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen vaccines, the Army recently announced.
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Vaccine refusals not being tracked, because ‘demand far outstrips supply,’ Army leaders say Army Spc. Hana Lee receives her first dose of the COVID vaccine Jan. 14. (Kirk Frady/Army) Army officials say they’re not tracking how many soldiers refuse vaccination against the novel coronavirus because the number of troops who want the shot is still greater than the number of doses available. But the gap is closing, and the Pentagon’s pause on administering the Johnson and Johnson vaccine is expected to lift this week, which will help troops serving in austere locations because the one-...
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Army’s own vaccine that could fight COVID variants begins clinical trials 3 days ago Maryland Army National Guardsmen fill out medical paperwork to receive the COVID-19 vaccine at the U.S. Capitol Complex in Washington on Jan. 14, 2021. (Sgt. Chazz Kibler/National Guard) A unique vaccine produced by the Walter Reed Army Institute of Research started clinical testing Tuesday, and Army researchers hope it will combat variants of SARS-COV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19. The vaccine, called spike ferritin nanoparticle, or SpFN, could also help fight other coronaviruses, a g...
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Mandatory COVID-19 vaccination unlikely so long as supply remains low, Army health official says February 22 Command Sgt. Maj. Alex Kupratty of the 4th Infantry Brigade, 25th Infantry Division, receives his initial dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine Jan. 6 at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska. (Maj. Jason Welch/Army) The coronavirus vaccine remains optional for soldiers, but could become mandatory once the vaccine is issued full Food and Drug Administration licensure or if the president waives the option for service members to opt out. Neither are likely right now, especially gi...