1st doses of virus vaccine that arrived in Texas went to Houston, Dallas, San Antonio & Austin
AUSTIN, Texas — The first doses of a Covid-19 vaccine began arriving arriving throughout the U.S. on Monday including in Texas, with…
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Virus vaccine arrives in New Mexico as deaths reach high mark
SANTE FE, New Mexico — The first coronavirus vaccines arrived in New Mexico on Monday as hospitals prepared to distribute doses to…
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Why a Covid-19 vaccine doesn’t mean that you can stop wearing a mask
Shipments of the Covid-19 vaccine are arriving, with frontline health care workers getting immunized — some for the cameras — across the…
Continue Reading Your home is a hotspot for Covid-19, studies say
With Covid-19 surging in the United States, transmission of the novel coronavirus is at an all-time high. A new analysis that looked at 54 studies in…
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U.S. administers 1st doses of Pfizer virus vaccine
NEW YORK, NY — The rollout of the first coronavirus vaccine began Monday morning as the first doses of the Pfizer medication were…
Continue Reading When can I get a coronavirus vaccine?
The first coronavirus vaccines are out — delivered by FedEx and UPS to hospitals across the country and into the arms of health care workers in…
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ICU nurse in New York among the first people in the US to get authorized coronavirus vaccine
A critical care nurse was the first person in New York and among the first people in the United States to get a shot of the coronavirus vaccine…
Continue Reading The UK will let some sexually active gay and bisexual men give blood, ending a controversial ban
The UK will allow some sexually active gay and bisexual men to donate blood, overturning a ban that originated during the HIV/AIDS epidemic of the…
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Pfizer CEO says company on track to manufacture 1.3 billion Covid-19 vaccine doses globally next year
With about 50 million doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine coming this year and about 1.3 billion slated to be manufactured next year,…
Continue Reading US readies for first Covid-19 vaccinations as country nears 300,000 deaths
Eleven months after the earliest recorded case of coronavirus in the United States, medical workers are preparing to give the first doses of the…
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12 virus deaths, 405 new cases reported in El Paso
EL PASO, Texas (KVIA) — The El Paso Department of Public Health announced 12 new coronavirus-related deaths Monday, elevating the death toll to…
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US readies for first Covid-19 vaccinations as country nears 300,000 deaths
Eleven months after the earliest recorded case of coronavirus in the United States, medical workers are preparing to give the first doses of the…
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Some Americans should start getting the first Covid-19 vaccine today. It will take months before everyday people get the shots
Some Americans should receive the first Covid-19 vaccine as soon as Monday, providing a glimmer of hope nearly a year into the worsening pandemic.…
Continue Reading Yes, a Covid-19 vaccine has arrived. But here’s what NOT to do
The country’s first Covid-19 vaccines could be administered as soon as Monday, after the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine received green lights from the…
Continue Reading Budget Christmas 101: Pandemic hardships don’t mean the holidays are canceled
By Kristen Rogers, CNN The holidays are often a time when financial goals are in opposition with showing people love in the grandest of ways. Reining…
Continue Reading Budget Christmas 101: Pandemic hardships don’t mean the holidays are canceled
The holidays are often a time when the goal of saving money is in opposition with showing people love in the grandest of ways. Reining in holiday…
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ABC-7 Xtra: Expert says 70% of El Pasoans need to be vaccinated to achieve so-called herd immunity
EL PASO, Texas — The Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine was approved and is on its way to El Paso. But how many El Pasoans need to be vaccinated before we can…
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Southern New Mexico has 5 new virus deaths as state extends delay of in-person school return
SANTA FE, New Mexico — Health officials in New Mexico on Sunday reported 1,459 new Covid-19 cases and 44 more deaths. The latest numbers…
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Covid-19 vaccine en route to every state as health officials say they hope immunizations begin Monday
Thousands of vials of the long-awaited Covid-19 vaccine are slated to arrive in all 50 states Monday, as top US health officials express hope that…
Continue Reading Covid-19 vaccine en route to every state as health officials say they hope immunizations begin Monday
Thousands of vials of the long-awaited Covid-19 vaccine are slated to arrive in all 50 states Monday, as top US health officials express hope that…
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The coronavirus vaccine rollout will be messy. People will have to deal with that.
A vaccine kit sent to the wrong state. A hospital system in California expecting to get powdered vaccines instead of frozen vials. And tens of…
Continue Reading Here’s what we know about Pfizer’s vaccine — including who could get it first
The director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Sunday accepted the recommendation of the agency’s vaccine advisory…
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Here’s what we know about Pfizer’s vaccine — including who could get it first
The director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Sunday accepted the recommendation of the agency’s vaccine advisory…
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FDA chief says it’s his ‘greatest hope’ that vaccinations start in US on Monday
Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Dr. Stephen Hahn said Sunday that it’s his “greatest hope” that the first coronavirus…
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CDC says Pfizer’s virus vaccine can now be administered in the U.S.
WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Robert Redfield on Sunday accepted the recommendation of the…
Continue Reading US Covid-19 vaccinations expected to begin Monday as CDC head gives final nod
Vaccinations against Covid-19 can now begin in the United States. US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Robert Redfield gave the…
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El Paso reaches 1,200 confirmed virus deaths, while new cases decline for 5th week in row
EL PASO, Texas — With 13 newly confirmed coronavirus deaths added to the official death toll on Sunday morning, El Paso County has now reached 1,200…
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1st virus vaccine batch ships out from Pfizer plant for all 50 states
PORTAGE, Michigan — Freight trucks carrying about 184,275 vials of coronavirus vaccine departed a Pfizer plant in Michigan on Sunday, a…
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More than 600 facilities will receive coronavirus vaccines this week
With the greenlight of the FDA’s emergency use authorization, Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccines will be sent out to hundreds of facilities…
Continue Reading US Covid-19 hospitalizations hit record high for 7th straight day
US Covid-19 hospitalizations hit a record high for the seventh day in a row Saturday with 108,487 patients in hospitals around the country, according…
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