June 15, 2021 Vermont sees 80% receive COVID-19 vaccine dose, lifts remaining restrictions Vermont became the first state on Monday to see over 80% of eligible residents receive at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
June 15, 2021 Vaccinated Hawaiian resident tests positive for Delta coronavirus variant Hawaiian health officials said Monday that a fully vaccinated resident who traveled to Nevada last month has since tested positive for the Delta coronavirus variant.
June 15, 2021 Extra COVID-19 vaccine may help protect transplant patients A small study offers the first hint that an extra dose of COVID-19 vaccines just might give some organ transplant recipients a needed boost in protection.
June 14, 2021 Defective COVID shots given at Times Square vaccination site The New York City Health Department sent out an emergency notice informing that 899 patients who received the COVID-19 vaccine at the pop-up COVID vaccination site in the former "NFL Experience" building in Times Square had erroneously been injected with expired Pfizer doses.
June 14, 2021 Novavax COVID-19 vaccine, flu shot coadministration likely ‘viable strategy,’ company says Maryland-based biotech company Novavax on Monday announced its experimental COVID-19 vaccine remained effective when coadministered with an approved flu shot.
June 14, 2021 Delta COVID-19 variant doubles risk of hospitalization compared to Alpha strain, Scottish study finds A study out of Scotland has found the Delta COVID-19 variant carries double the risk of hospitalization compared to the Alpha strain, particularly in patients with five or more comorbidities.
June 14, 2021 Delta COVID-19 variant 'probably going to become' dominant strain in US, Gottlieb says The former head of the FDA said that while the Delta variant currently accounts for about 10% of coronavirus infections in the U.S., it’s doubling at a rate of every two weeks meaning "it’s probably going to become the dominant strain."
June 14, 2021 As COVID-19 cases wane, vaccine-lagging areas still see risk New COVID-19 cases are declining across most of the country, even in some states with vaccine-hesitant populations.
June 14, 2021 Bill Belichick touts Patriots' COVID-19 vaccine education: 'I feel like we’re on top of it' Bill Belichick touted how the New England Patriots have gotten the word out to their players about the effectiveness of the coronavirus vaccine.
June 14, 2021 Novavax COVID-19 vaccine 90.4% effective in clinical trial, company says Novavax announced on Monday that its COVID-19 vaccine was found to be over 90% effective overall, and offered 100% protection against moderate and severe disease in a Phase 3 clinical trial.
