COVID-19 vaccines saved nearly 20 million lives in a year, study says
The researchers say 600,000 more deaths could have been prevented if vaccine roll-out had been more ubiquitous.
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The researchers say 600,000 more deaths could have been prevented if vaccine roll-out had been more ubiquitous.
A clinical trial is now underway with the goal of using it as a pancreatic cancer treatment.
Kids younger than 5 are one step closer to being eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine. Pfizer applied for emergency use authorization for kids 6 months to 5 years old -- the only age group vaccines are not yet approved for. Nikki Battiste reports.
Need a COVID-19 vaccine or booster shot. Here are the links for Miami-Dade, Broward and Monroe Counties.
Pfizer and BioNTech have started a clinical trial for their Omicron-specific COVID-19 vaccine.
The CDC has given its final okay for about 28 million grade school children to get Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine.
The Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine has officially been authorized for children ages 5-11. This comes after a sign-off by the CDC Tuesday night.
Workers who are fired for refusing to get inoculated against COVID-19 need not apply — for unemployment benefits.
The CDC recommends everyone ages 6 months and older receive the flu vaccine, with rare exception.
Promising results from Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine study in children five to 11 years of age, and South Florida doctors say it's a good look.
Following the FDA's full approval of the Pfizer vaccine on Monday, CBS4's Jim DeFede spoke to Dr. Bechara Choucair, the White House Vaccination Coordinator who called this "an important moment."
The increasing number of COVID-19 cases caused by the Delta variant is causing growing concern for children who are not yet eligible for a vaccine. So should you get your child vaccinated? Here's the advice from FIU's Dr. Mary Jo Trepka
Publix announced Thursday that it will administer its 1 millionth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in Florida.
A House health care panel Tuesday approved a proposal that would allow pharmacists to vaccinate children, but only after lawmakers agreed to limit the types of vaccines that could be administered.
A CDC study of more than 70,000 hospitalized COVID patients from March to December finds 50.8% were obese and 28.3% were overweight.
Gov. Ron DeSantis announced Monday that starting next week, on March 15, the vaccination age would be lowered statewide to those 60 and older.
There was some vaccination frustration at a federally-funded vaccination site in Florida City over the weekend after dozens of people were vaccinated despite not being eligible.
The COVID vaccine site at Miami Dade College North Campus was not as busy Sunday as it had been all week.
A day after low demand, a Florida City vaccination site was overwhelmed after a false rumor started it would take all comers.
Many in South Florida spent their Saturday getting vaccinated.
Miami-Dade's new federal mass vaccination site has delivered its first doses.
The first federal vaccination site in Miami-Dade is now open and it is among the first to administer the Johnson & Johnson single dose COVID-19 vaccine.
Desperation to get the COVID-19 vaccine means you may need to be on alert. Scammers are trying to take advantage of people wanting to get the shot as soon as possible, and that's prompting a renewed warning from federal authorities.
In a priority of Speaker Chris Sprowls, R-Palm Harbor, a House committee on Monday unanimously approved a bill that would crack down on people who run scams about vaccines and personal protective equipment during pandemics.
There's a new national push to arm the public with information so more people get vaccinated.
