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U.S. COVID-19 vaccination programs are off to a slow start, but with more funding, better coordination and public awareness campaigns, things could speed up, experts say.

Here's How The U.S. Can Jump Start Its Sluggish COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout

11:15am January 08, 2021

With case and death counts still surging, the pressure is on to vaccinate as many people as possible. Here's what it will take to get more Americans their shots, fast.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said that changes in vaccine distribution could be necessary depending on what happens in the next few weeks.

Fauci Says U.S. Needs More Time To 'Catch Up' On Vaccine Rollout

10:57am January 07, 2021

by Noel King

In an NPR interview, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the country's top infectious disease expert, said changes in vaccine distribution could be necessary depending on what happens in the next few weeks.

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Dr. Nikhila Juvvadi gives Dr. Marina Del Rios from the University of Illinois Hospital & Health Sciences System one of the first COVID-19 vaccination administered in Chicago on Dec. 15 at Loretto Hospital on the city's West Side.

Some Health Care Workers Are Hesitant About Getting COVID-19 Vaccines

6:17pm January 01, 2021

Dr. Nikhila Juvvadi, chief clinical officer at a Chicago hospital, says about 40 percent of the staff distrust the vaccines — in part because of deep-rooted cultural mistrust based on past abuses.

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A woman undergoes antibody testing before an injection of the Russian COVID-19 vaccine known as Sputnik V at an outpatient clinic in Grozny earlier this week.

Putin Promotes Homegrown COVID-19 Vaccine, But Most Russians Are Skeptical

8:37am December 24, 2020

by Lucian Kim

The Russian leader has touted Sputnik V, as the vaccine is known, but more than half of Russians say they don't want to take it.

A doctor receives Chicago's first COVID-19 vaccination on Tuesday. In a new poll released the same day, respondents appeared to show less reluctance to receiving a coronavirus vaccine.

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Poll: Americans Are Growing Less Reluctant To Take COVID-19 Vaccine

4:41pm December 15, 2020

by Colin Dwyer

In a survey by the Kaiser Family Foundation, 71% of respondents said they would definitely or probably get inoculated — a significant leap over the 63% who said so in an August/September poll.

Howard Berkes (seated, front row right) volunteered to be part of a COVID-19 research study this year. He says his family, photographed here in the 1960s, had a history of stepping up during difficult times. That includes his grandparents (in middle), who

Why I'm A Vaccine Volunteer: Doing What Needs To Be Done

7:00am December 13, 2020

by Howard Berkes

The power of family history can lead a person to do lot of things. For Howard Berkes, the family tradition of facing crises head-on led him to sign up for experimental testing of a COVID-19 vaccine.

Food and Drug Administration building is shown Thursday, in Silver Spring, Md. A U.S. government advisory panel convened to decide whether to endorse emergency use of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine to help conquer the outbreak that has killed close to 300,000

Transporting And Distributing Vaccines Will Be 'Unprecedented' Logistical Operation

7:19pm December 11, 2020

by David Schaper

As FDA emergency use authorization of Pfizer and Moderna vaccines nears, airlines, FedEx and UPS prepare to transport millions of vials of life saving shots.

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A nurse prepares to administer the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at a hospital in London on Tuesday. The Food and Drug Administration is considering a recommendation to authorize the vaccine in the United States.

FDA Adviser: Vaccine To Be OK'd In Days, But 'Normal' May Not Return Until Next Fall

12:47pm December 11, 2020

by Noel King

The Food and Drug Administration's authorization of a COVID-19 vaccine could come in a day or two, a member of an FDA expert panel says. But he says it may be late 2021 before normalcy returns.

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Dry ice will be used to help keep the Pfizer vaccine at ultracold temperatures.

At Hospitals, A Race To Save 'Hundreds Of Thousands' Of Lives With New Vaccine

9:30pm December 09, 2020

by Sarah McCammon

With the first COVID-19 vaccine doses expected to be shipped out within days, health care providers are scrambling to prepare for an unprecedentedly high-stakes vaccine rollout.

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The U.K. launched its largest-ever immunization program Tuesday. Health officials began dispensing doses of the Pfizer and BioNTech coronavirus vaccine, first vaccinating health care workers and residents over the age of 80.

U.K. Begins Nationwide Coronavirus Immunization, Largest In Nation's History

8:13am December 08, 2020

by Jaclyn Diaz

A 90-year-old woman from Coventry received the first vaccine shot as part of the United Kingdom's nationwide immunization campaign launched Tuesday.