Nearly 588k fully vaccinated | Over 1.7 million COVID-19 vaccine doses administered

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The bills would allow dentists and other health care professionals to administer COVID-19 vaccines.

Jason Kamras says the tentative plan for the 2021-22 school year is for Richmond Public Schools to be fully in-person and to maintain a virtual pathway for families to remain virtual.

Virginia Department of Health now has a multi-level approach when it comes to getting all races and ethnicity to mass clinics, according to Dr. Cynthia Morrow.

The Virginia Department of Health is touting the new website as a ‘one-stop-shop’ website, which allows individuals to pre-register online and check that they are pre-registered

There’s growing confusion and frustration over how to secure a coronavirus vaccine appointment through CVS.

The World Health Organization’s green light for the AstraZeneca vaccine should trigger the delivery of hundreds of millions of doses to countries that have signed up for the U.N.-backed COVAX effort.

UVA researchers have concluded herd immunity in Virginia is “currently not a plausible means of ending the COVID-19 pandemic.”

One million doses of the coronavirus vaccine were sent to about 6,500 pharmacies last week.

“We need to get kids back in school. We need to get kids back in school five days a week, preferably."

Two doctors married for 29 years decided to spend their Valentine’s Day in New Haven at a vaccine clinic. There is no place they’d rather be.

In Alabama, the state has often been at the bottom of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s per capita list for getting shots into arms.

Viruses mutate constantly and it takes just the right combination of particular mutations to escape vaccination.

The Biden administration’s virus response plan calls for opening 100 federally supported vaccination sites by the end of February.

Virginians looking to register for a COVID-19 vaccine may have to wait until next week as the state creates a centralized system.

Friday marked the kickoff for 36 CVS Health pharmacy in Virginia offering appointment-only COVID-19 vaccines for those aged 65 and older.

Dr. Anthony Fauci expects it to be April when all Americans will be eligible for a coronavirus vaccine, not just high-risk groups.

COVID-19 vaccine appointments scheduled for Friday and Saturday at certain locations are being canceled due to expected inclement weather.

In Virginia, hundreds of thousands of people are fully vaccinated. Thousands more have had their first dose of either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine.

As the vaccine rolls out in Virginia, there are older children eligible in Phase 1b, and there are trials underway right now, determining how to best vaccinate younger kids.

Virginia's secretary of public safety and homeland security says the COVID-19 vaccine rollout in correctional centers is going smoothly, but some prisoners report harsh conditions and a chaotic rollout as coronavirus cases remain in the hundreds.

Email and voicemail messages sent as early as Thursday.

Target is offering four hours of pay to employees when they get their vaccine doses.

More frustrations as thousands of senior citizens in Central Virginia battled technology and each other to get one of those limited vaccination appointments with CVS Health.

Virginia Governor Ralph Northam has joined Maryland Governor Larry Hogan and Washington, D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser in requesting increased federal support in administering the COVID-19 vaccine to essential workers.

Chesterfield County Public Schools is continuing their plan to bring students back to the classroom next month.

After CVS announced it will begin administering coronavirus vaccines to Virginians ages 65 and older on Friday, February 12, many people were left wondering why they don’t qualify for these vaccinations even though they’re at high risk.

New data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows nearly 950 known cases of the highly contagious virus variants in the United States.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the government’s leading infectious-disease scientist, has estimated that somewhere between 70% and 85% of the U.S. population needs to get inoculated to stop the scourge that has killed close to 470,000 Americans.

Clinical trials showed the Pfizer vaccine was “95% effective at preventing laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 illness in people without evidence of previous infection.”

The Crater Health District has opened COVID-19 vaccination call centers to place the district’s residents on the waiting list for the vaccine.

Mixed messaging from officials over the start of CVS vaccine signups causes confusion throughout central Virginia.

The need to give each person two doses a few weeks apart vastly complicates the country’s biggest-ever vaccination campaign.

The companies will work together on programs that address vaccine hesitancy and access.

The latest U.S. data shows mutations of the virus are spreading with nearly 700 variant cases in at least 33 states.

Leaders in Chesterfield County will be holding a community conversation about the COVID-19 vaccine.

More than 4 million more vaccinations were reported over the weekend, a significantly faster clip than in previous days, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

The Richmond and Henrico Health Districts says it won't be until next month before vaccines can go into the arms of those in the rest of group 1B.

Officials say they don’t know her exact cause of death, but there is no indication the vaccine was at fault.

As the state continues working to administer vaccinations, Governor Ralph Northam announced Friday that a robust call center is in the works to help people get signed up for their shot.

Governor Ralph Northam says this week the state saw a 23% jump in doses from the federal government than last week.

NBC12 spoke with Dr. Melissa Viray, Deputy Director for Richmond City and Henrico County Health Districts about common fears and rumors associated with the COVID-19 vaccine.

Roughly one-in-five Virginians say they will never get vaccinated against the coronavirus, according to a new survey released by The Wason Center for Civic Leadership at Christopher Newport University.

There are growing concerns over whether the state is doing all it can to get the vaccine to underserved communities.

The research could also bring scientists closer to an answer to one of the big questions about the vaccination drive: Will the vaccines actually curb the spread of the coronavirus?

As of Wednesday, nearly 38,000 vaccine doses have been administered across the county with Chesterfield following closely behind at nearly 32,500.

A CVS pharmacy manager said the list of specific stores will be available as stores receive shipments of vaccine and appointments become available.

There are many reasons to breathe a sigh of relief after you get your second COVID-19 vaccination, but a UVA Health doctor says life will not return back to normal immediately after receiving both doses.

A trucker says he’s disappointed in the way the government handled the pandemic when it comes to the trucking industry.

According to the state’s vaccine coordinator Dr. Danny Avula, just under 10% of the state’s population has received at least one dose of either the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine.

Starting Feb. 9, CVS Health says you can go online to their website, find a location, and sign up for a vaccine appointment if you are in group 1A or 1B.

The Richmond Health District is reminding individuals that they must have an appointment for the COVID-19 vaccinations events, otherwise, they will be turned away.

The study included more than 2,100 people over age 60 and the vaccine appeared to be about 92% effective in them.

County leaders will discuss the local vaccination efforts and explain how residents can formally express their interest in scheduling an appointment.

Emergency legislation that’s advancing in the General Assembly will expand the pool of trained professionals who are available to deliver the COVID-19 vaccines to include dentists.

While thousands of Virginians continue to receive their second dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, health leaders say there are some boosted side effects that may come with it.

A callback from the Virginia Health Department (VDH) could take days or weeks, and a vaccine appointment could be weeks or even months off.

With a little over 100,000 vaccines being shipped to the commonwealth every week, the demand has never been higher.