COVID-19 vaccines

Republicans in Florida and Ohio died at a higher rate than Democrats when accounting for the additional deaths that occurred during the coronavirus pandemic and after COVID-19 vaccines became widely available, according to new research. ...

What is known as the excess death rate was 76% higher for Republicans than for Democrats, according to from the National Bureau of Economic Research published...

The mother of a 13-year-old LAUSD student says she’s now suing the district for vaccinating her son without her consent. Ted Chen reports on the NBC4 News at 4pm on Wednesday, July 27, 2022.

After isolating for five days with mild COVID-19 symptoms, President Joe Biden said he was “feeling great” and credited vaccines, boosters and therapeutic treatments like Paxlovid for his swift recovery.

Thomas cited the claims in a dissent to the Supreme Court’s refusal to take up a challenge by health care workers who opposed New York’s vaccine mandate on religious grounds.

The Pfizer and Moderna shots are now available at local pharmacies around LA County — but just because they’re available doesn’t mean parents are rushing to get their kids vaccinated. Toni Guinyard reports for Today in LA on Tuesday, June 21, 2022. 

A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory committee on Saturday endorsed Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccines for young children, the last step before Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky can issue her final signoff.

The FDA must still decide whether to take the recommendations and approve the COVID-19 vaccine for kids between six months and 5 years old.

White House officials say orders have been coming in for COVID-19 vaccine doses for small children. Federal authorization of shots for U.S. kids under 5 is possible next week. The government last week began allowing pharmacies and states to place orders, with 5 million doses initially available. So far, about 1.45 million of the 2.5 million available doses of Pfizer...

Pfizer says it will seek emergency use authorization for a three-dose course of its COVID-19 vaccine in pediatric patients ages 6 months to 5 years old after publishing data from it’s latest study.

Dr. Ashish Jha, the White House COVID-19 response coordinator, warned Wednesday the U.S. will face a challenging fall and winter without additional congressional funding for testing and treatment.

The Food and Drug Administration strictly limited who can receive Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday due to the ongoing risk of rare but serious blood clots

President Joe Biden announced Thursday that he would be requesting $22.5 billion in additional funds to fight the ongoing spread of COVID-19 and address pandemic-caused issues in the supply chain.

Omicron BA.2, also known as “stealth omicron,” has been the dominant strain of COVID-19 in the U.S. since March 2022.

Over 1,000 people gathered in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday to protest COVID-19 vaccine mandates.

The protest came at a time that COVID-19 infections are rising in LA County, mainly due to the BA.2 variant. Video aired Sunday, April 10, 2022.

There are alternate resources for uninsured individuals, but it may cost some time and some more red tape. Toni Guinyard reports for Today in LA on Tuesday, April 5, 2022.

As demand to get COVID-19 vaccines in the U.S. collapses in many areas, states are scrambling to use stockpiles of doses before they expire and have to be added to the millions that have already gone to waste.

President Joe Biden faces an American public unhappy with the job he has done and a crisis in Ukraine when he gives his first State of the Union speech Tuesday night.

Experts say it’s too early to know whether people infected with the omicron variant will develop long COVID

Over 1,300 LAPD employees are out from work, as they either recover from COVID-19 or quarantine due to exposure to the virus, Chief Michel Moore said Tuesday.