Coronavirus Vaccine Eligibility Expands In New York
The latest phase includes public-facing government and public employees, not-for-profit workers who provide public-facing services, and essential in-person public-facing building services workers.
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The latest phase includes public-facing government and public employees, not-for-profit workers who provide public-facing services, and essential in-person public-facing building services workers.
With one fourth of the U.S. population under age 21, ending the pandemic will depend on getting children, as well as adults, vaccinated.
Monday, New Jersey expanded who can get the coronavirus vaccine to include a number of people, such as public transportation workers, public safety personnel and migrant farm workers.
Gov. Andrew Cuomo may be in more hot water after new, graphic details emerged from accusers describing their alleged inappropriate encounters with him.
There were major announcements Monday about expanded COVID vaccine eligibility in the Tri-State Area.
While the COVID vaccine rollout continues to accelerate, new questions are popping up.
A state Department of Health spokesperson says the pilot program offering around-the-clock appointments ended Wednesday.
The U.S. has now administered over 100 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine — 101.1 million, to be precise — according to figures posted Friday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
In January, the teachers union said members would not return to classrooms, saying older school buildings were not safe.
More than $9 billion worth of stimulus checks will start arriving at more than 3.5 million households across New Jersey in the coming weeks.
The shutdown had a $15 billion impact on the city's economy, and thousand of theater professionals are still out of work.
President Biden set a goal of July 4 to "get closer to normal" in reopening the country in his first prime-time address on Thursday night.
Vaccination sites in New Jersey would be unable to function without thousands of volunteers and National Guard troops.
They are working moms by day and "vaccine angels" by night.
Eligible recipients will receive a text when a shot is available in their neighborhood and have a short window to claim it.
It follows Gov. Phil Murphy's recent decision to add all kindergarten through 12th grade school employees to the vaccine eligibility list.
The county's COVID vaccine supplies are increasing, saying optimism is around the corner.
Starting next Wednesday, so-called "public-facing" workers can also get the shot, including government workers, nonprofit workers and essential building service workers.
Then next week, all public-facing employees, nonprofit employees and building workers will also be eligible.
Johnson & Johnson's new COVID vaccine appears to be the shot of choice in New Jersey.
The diocese and bishop did not go so far as to prohibit the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, but they are urging against it on moral grounds. Other religious leaders, including Pope Francis, have said all brands of the vaccine are acceptable.
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky announced the highly anticipated guidance during a White House COVID-19 briefing Monday.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released guidance for fully vaccinated people, outlining what they can safely do — including visiting indoors and mask-free with others.
The Javits Center is now running around the clock, and the demand is high.
A dozen new community pop-up sites are opening across the state this weekend as the federal vaccine supply increases. Other centers are extending their hours.
