More than 2.17 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been administered across the commonwealth, according to data from the Virginia Department of Health.
Concern over optics, though, has played a heavy role in how Virginia is distributing the Johnson & Johnson vaccine in the first several weeks of its rollout.
The Virginia Health Department will get 69,000 Johnson & Johnson doses over the next two days, with an additional 22,000 from the federal government going to pharmacies.
Following the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s emergency use authorization for Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine, the Virginia Department of Health announced the commonwealth will receive 69,000 doses of the vaccine next week.
Following the U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s emergency use authorization for Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine, the Virginia Department of Health announced the commonwealth will receive 69,000 doses of the vaccine next week.
Health officials for the Richmond Henrico Health District say about 40-50% percent of the people called by representatives this week were marked as "not answering."
The Johnson & Johnson vaccine could be authorized for emergency use in a matter of days. This highly anticipated vaccine does not require a second dose, nor does it need to be stored in ultra cold freezers.
An infectious disease doctor with UVA says there are still misconceptions surrounding how the COVID-19 vaccines work because the science is not yet settled, but recent data suggests these medicines can be the key to ending the pandemic.
United States Representative Abigail Spanberger is pushing for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to improve COVID-19 vaccine data-sharing and communication with Virginia health officials.
The Crater Health District has set a new date for the mass vaccination clinic that was previously scheduled due to the winter weather that happened last week.
United States Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine announced more than $179 million in funding that will support COVID-19 vaccine distribution in Virginia.
The Virginia Department of Health says it ran into a roadblock this week with COVID-19 vaccine deliveries. More than 105,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine got held up in transit due to winter weather troubles.
Virginia will see a delay in the delivery of approximately 106,800 doses, due to distribution channels in the Midwest and elsewhere that are currently shut down.
According to the Virginia Hospital and Healthcare Association, as of Feb. 16, hospitals across the commonwealth have given 659,245 COVID-19 Pfizer and Moderna vaccines so far.
VADOC says more than 13,000 inmates and more than 6,000 staff have received the first of two Moderna COVID-19 doses, and approximately 3,000 individuals have received their second dose of the vaccine.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.”
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.
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.
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.
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?
