Newark Hospital's Vaccination Clinic Ready To Administer New Jersey's First COVID Shots
This could be a giant step toward the end of the pandemic in one of New Jersey's hardest hit cities.
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This could be a giant step toward the end of the pandemic in one of New Jersey's hardest hit cities.
The nation's rollout of the COVID vaccine began Monday morning in Queens.
As the COVID vaccine begins to roll out, many of you have questions about who should get it, and where it's safe.
The moment New Yorkers have been waiting for finally happened Monday morning.
The drive-up and walk-up facility is located at the Palisades Center Mall in West Nyack and will be open from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Starting Monday, indoor dining is banned in the city in an effort to curb the spread of coronavirus and prevent hospitals from becoming overwhelmed with patients.
The first trucks carrying a COVID-19 vaccines for widespread use in the United States pulled out of a Michigan manufacturing plant Sunday.
The first COVID-19 vaccines in New Jersey will be administered to health care workers at University Hospital in Newark on Tuesday.
News of the COVID-19 vaccine's arrival couldn't come at a better time as coronavirus cases continue to soar in the Tri-State Area.
Charley Pride, country music's first Black star whose rich baritone on such hits as "Kiss an Angel Good Morning" helped sell millions of records and made him the first Black member of the Country Music Hall of Fame, has died.
U.S. Army General Gus Perna, chief operating officer of Operation Warp Speed, said Saturday he expects the first COVID-19 vaccine shipments will arrive at 145 sites across the country on Monday.
Indoor dining will be suspended in New York City starting Monday, Dec. 14 in an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19, Gov. Cuomo announced Friday.
The decision will set off a nationwide operation to get nearly three million doses to hospitals and drug stores, and then into the arms of vulnerable Americans.
Additionally, all high-risk sports have been postponed until state officials give them the go-ahead.
The line outside the Mercy House on Clinton Street stretched around the block on Friday as parents and grandparents waited to pick up donated gifts to take home with them for Christmas in a year unlike any other.
CBS2 viewers asked if people with allergies should stay away from the vaccine and if it was safe for those with diabetes to get it.
The spread is being traced to gatherings at Halloween and Thanksgiving and small parties. Now, the concern is Chanukah, Kwanzaa and Christmas.
The poll shows 35% of women are not interested in getting the vaccine, which is particularly alarming because women tend to make most of the health care decisions for their families.
The mayor said the latest hospitalization rate is 2.48%, calling it "worrisome."
The Big Apple has hit a grim milestone when it comes to the homeless. A new report from homeless advocates says COVID-19 has helped propel the shelter population to record numbers.
The panel overwhelmingly found the benefits of the vaccine outweigh the risks for patients 16 and older.
Deborah Salant came forward to donate burial privileges in her unused family plot in Greenfield Cemetery in Uniondale that her great-grandfather purchased in 1916.
Health experts say there are still so many unknowns, such as if vaccinated people can still carry and transmit the virus.
Doctors at the medical center don't know exactly how much of the vaccine they're getting yet, but their special storage freezer can hold about 4,000 doses.
While many families can't physically be together because of the pandemic, that's not stopping them from honoring old traditions.
