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The race is on for approval of a vaccine for teenagers. Both Pfizer and Moderna are conducting trials to see if the already approved vaccines are effective for those 12-17 years old. Experts say, physically and mentally, this group definitely needs a vaccine.

This makes the Johnson & Johnson vaccine the third vaccine to have emergency use authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.

The FDA could approve a new one-shot COVID vaccine by Friday, as Congress decides on COVID relief bill details. The Johnson & Johnson one-shot vaccine is over 20 percent less effective than Pfizer and Moderna’s, but still far better than a flu shot.

COVID-19 vaccine makers tell Congress to expect a big jump in the delivery of doses over the coming month.

The grim milestone means the U.S. continues to lead the world in overall cases and deaths.

A new vaccine being reviewed at Stanford may soon get FDA approval, hoping to aid the slow vaccine rollout problem.

As states and medical centers roll out COVID-19 vaccines, many are highlighting recipients from a variety of racial and ethnic backgrounds to build trust. This is in part due to vaccine hesitancy, especially in Black communities where a history of medical testing without consent and inadequate access to health care has built distrust. A recent study by the Kaiser Family...

Health experts are debating what to tell study volunteers who got a placebo shot instead of a COVID-19 vaccine.

The first batch of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine has arrived at a U.S. Army base in South Korea.

A Boston doctor who used an EpiPen on himself after having the first known allergic reaction to Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine is speaking out about his experience. Within moments of receiving the first dose of the vaccine on Thursday, Dr. Hossein Sadrzadeh of Boston Medical Center said his heart began racing. He initially thought it was anxiety, he said, but...

A Boston doctor had an allergic reaction after receiving Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday, according to the hospital where he works, but is doing well. Boston Medical Center confirmed Friday night that Dr. Hossein Sadrzadeh, who reportedly has a severe shellfish allergy, was taken to the emergency department after his first dose of the Cambridge-based company’s vaccine. It’s the...

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci and Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar received their first dose of Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine on Tuesday.

Health care workers in Massachusetts began receiving the country’s second approved coronavirus vaccine Monday, developed by Cambridge-based Moderna. There were cheers at the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center when Dr. Jaime Gallegos became its first staffer to get the injection. He held a sign in his lap saying, “Take that, COVID!” Gallegos called the vaccine’s rollout a “great milestone,”...

The Moderna vaccine is just as effective as the Pfizer vaccine, but they are easier to store and because of this will likely be easier to distribute. Darsha Philips reports for NBC4 News at 11 p.m. on Dec. 20, 2020.

A federal advisory panel has recommended that people 75 and older and essential workers like firefighters, teachers and grocery store workers be put next in line for COVID-19 shots as a second vaccine began rolling out to hospitals

The U.S. is adding a second COVID-19 vaccine to its arsenal

The Food and Drug Administration issued emergency use authorization for the Moderna coronavirus vaccine on Friday night.

Medical shipping and distribution company McKesson is ready to ship the Moderna coronavirus vaccine around the country upon FDA approval.

Should you get the coronavirus vaccine if you are pregnant? The FDA says pregnant women should consult their doctor before getting it, because there is little data regarding the safety of the vaccine for expecting mothers. NBC 7 spoke to Dr. Joanna Adamczak, a perinatologist and OBGYN at Sharp HealthCare, about the advice she’s giving her patients. She said she…