Vaccines

Take it from an expert: Dr. Tony Fauci’s hierarchy of safety during COVID-19

Pfizer requests emergency use authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine

Pfizer to seek FDA authorization for COVID-19 vaccine 'within days'

Poll shows 4 in 10 New Jerseyans say they won't get COVID-19 vaccine

How will the public know if a COVID-19 vaccine is truly safe and effective?

Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine also highly effective, early results show

Moderna COVID-19 vaccine

Ticketmaster preparing to link vaccine and COVID-19 test data to concertgoers' digital tickets

Tickemaster concert covid-19

CVS, Walgreens, Rite Aid to distribute free COVID-19 vaccines – once available

Pharmacies coronavirus vaccine deal

Time to discuss potentially unpleasant side effects of COVID shots? Scientists say yes

COVID-19 shot side effects

Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine has higher effectiveness rate than expected

AstraZeneca hoping to deliver COVID-19 vaccine by start of 2021

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Getting a flu shot may help prevent you from getting COVID-19, study shows

Achieving COVID-19 herd immunity through infection is dangerous, deadly and might not even work

Natural Herd Immunity

New Jersey unveils COVID-19 vaccine distribution plan

NJ COVID-19 vaccine plan

CVS Health, Walgreens to help distribute COVID-19 vaccine at long-term care facilities

cvs health walgreens COVID-19 vaccine

Johnson & Johnson pauses COVID-19 vaccine trials after participant falls ill

J&J COVID-19 vaccine trials

Temple University Hospital now recruiting for COVID-19 vaccine trial

Temple COVID-19 Vaccine

The FDA's new COVID-19 vaccine criteria tries to 'balance' safety and speed

FDA guidance COVID-19 vaccine

Children's Health

Your child's vaccines: What you need to know about catching up during the COVID-19 pandemic

Vaccine Schedule COVID-19

How and when will we know that a COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective?

COVID-19 Vaccine Timeline

These secret safety panels will pick the COVID-19 vaccine winners

COVID-19 vaccine safety panel

Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine the latest to enter late-stage trials

Johnson & Johnson single-dose vaccine

The polio vaccine's rollout offers lessons as America awaits a COVID-19 vaccine

Polio Vaccine COVID-19

Pitt scientists isolate tiny molecule that may prevent COVID-19

Free COVID-19 vaccines could become available later this year, officials say

covid-19 vaccine distribution

AstraZeneca, Oxford to resume human testing of COVID-19 vaccine in the U.K.

AstraZeneca could resume COVID-19 vaccine trials next week

With many schools starting online, vaccinations head for recess

Vaccines Schools COVID-19

Why COVID-19 vaccines need to prioritize 'superspreaders'

Flu shots given to pregnant women do not increase risk of autism, study finds

Trump administration, CDC urge states to be ready for COVID-19 vaccine distribution by Nov. 1

Health care workers and high-risk adults should receive COVID-19 vaccine first

This is a good year to get a flu shot, experts advise

Flu Shot 2020

How to talk to vaccine skeptics so they might actually hear you

Anti-vaxxers conversations

CHOP doctors offer back-to-school safety tips as COVID-19 disrupts education

COVID-19 School Safety Tips

Philly participating in CDC pilot program on distribution of COVID-19 vaccine when available

Philly COVID-19 vaccine

U.S. scientists making coronavirus strain for potential human challenge trials

NIAID coronavirus strain

America’s obesity epidemic threatens effectiveness of any COVID vaccine

COVID-19 Vaccine Obesity

Flu and pneumonia vaccines may reduce Alzheimer's disease risk

Flu shot Alzheimer's

Could employers and states mandate COVID-19 vaccinations?

Oxford's COVID-19 vaccine shows promise in early results

Oxford coronavirus vaccine

Mütter Museum artifacts shine light on Civil War-era smallpox vaccine

Mutter Museum Smallpox

Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine moves to final phase of testing

Moderna COVID-19 Update

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