Only On CBS2: Researchers Testing Samples For New UK COVID Variant At New Jersey Lab

The technicians at the lab are processing up to 50 samples a day. Those samples are coming straight from patients who are hospitalized with COVID.

• Jan 6, 2021

COVID In New Jersey: Gov. Murphy Says Goal Is To Start Vaccinating General Public By Memorial Day

Only about a quarter of New Jersey's 400,000 doses of vaccine have been distributed, but there are signs they'll move much faster in a matter of days.

• Jan 5, 2021

Mayor De Blasio Says He Takes 'Full Responsibility' For New York City's Slow Vaccine Rollout To Health Care Workers

Mayor Bill de Blasio took ownership Tuesday of the city's initial failure to fast track the distribution of COVID vaccines.

• Jan 5, 2021

15-Year-Old New Jersey Girl Battling Leukemia Finds Bone Marrow Match With All 5 Siblings: 'The Odds Of That Happening Are Crazy'

Morgan's best chance for life is a bone marrow transplant, and the family's story of finding a donor is incredible.

• Jan 5, 2021

COVID In The Suburbs: Rockland County Begins Vaccinating Health Department Employees

Gov. Andrew Cuomo is under pressure to dramatically increase the pace of coronavirus vaccinations. On Tuesday, health departments in the northern suburbs finally were pressed into service.

• Jan 5, 2021

Mayor De Blasio Calls To Ban Travelers From UK To Slow Spread Of New, More Contagious COVID Variant

That new, more contagious variant of the coronavirus, first detected in England, sending it into a nationwide lockdown, has already made its way to New York.

• Jan 5, 2021

Alan Kovner, Son Josh Kovner, Receive COVID Vaccine At Same Time On Long Island

They qualify for the initial phase of the vaccine, but they disagree on who should get it first. 

• Jan 5, 2021

New York Has First Confirmed Case Of New, Highly Contagious Strain Of COVID

Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Monday the infected man is in his 60s and lives in Saratoga County.

• Jan 4, 2021

'Impatient' Gov. Cuomo Sounds Off On Slow Rollout Of COVID Vaccine To Health Care Workers In NYC, Westchester And Long Island

Angry at a slow pace of vaccine distribution, Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Monday expanded the number of eligible people and slammed hospitals who have not used their allotment.

• Jan 4, 2021

Dr. Max's COVID Vaccine FAQs: What About The New COVID Strain From U.K. And Will The Vaccines Protect Against It?

Amid the confusion over the distribution of the two COVID-19 vaccines, there's another concern that could be as big.

• Jan 4, 2021

Hundreds Of Health Care Workers In New Jersey Receiving Final Dose Of COVID Vaccine Monday; 'I Now Have Body Armor'

Hundreds of health care workers in New Jersey started to get their second and final dose of the COVID-19 vaccine Monday.

• Jan 4, 2021

Nurse Sandra Lindsay, First Person To Receive COVID Vaccine In U.S., Gets Second And Final Dose

Sandra Lindsay got her second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine 21 days after getting the first dose.

• Jan 4, 2021

COVID Vaccine Concerns: Eligible To Be Inoculated Monday, Some Medical Workers Perplexed By Lack Of Guidance From NYS

Frustration is growing over the slow pace of COVID vaccinations being distributed in New York state.

• Jan 3, 2021

COVID Vaccine: Long Island Nurse, Lawmakers Say New York Needs To Speed Up Rollout

Many people are hopeful for the COVID vaccine, including a Long Island nurse who wants to know why she still hasn't received it.

• Jan 1, 2021

COVID In Connecticut: State's Positivity Rate Below 6%, But Governor Warns Residents To Keep Their Guard Up

The governor says the state's effort to vaccine residents is going well. Nearly 55,000 doses have been administered in Connecticut so far.

• Dec 30, 2020

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