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As states and medical centers roll out COVID-19 vaccines, many are highlighting recipients from a variety of racial and ethnic backgrounds to build trust. This is in part due to vaccine hesitancy, especially in Black communities where a history of medical testing without consent and inadequate access to health care has built distrust. A recent study by the Kaiser Family...

Coronavirus vaccinations are well underway in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. The three states have received about 1 million doses thus far and expect hundreds of thousands more in allocations before the month is out. While they have slightly different rollout plans as far as timing, all three states are subscribing to the priority population guidance issued by the…

Health experts are debating what to tell study volunteers who got a placebo shot instead of a COVID-19 vaccine.

Starting today in New Jersey, the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccines will be available outside of a hospital for the first qualifying recipients.

New York City reported its first “significant allergic reaction” in a healthcare worker who received the Pfizer vaccine on Wednesday, the only adverse response it has received of more than 30,000 shots administered to date. The worker has been treated and is in stable condition, city officials said. Allergic reactions to the Pfizer vaccine have been reported in clinical trials…

The U.S. government is close to a deal with Pfizer to acquire tens of millions of additional vaccine doses in exchange for helping the pharmaceutical giant gain better access to manufacturing supplies

President-elect Joe Biden received his first dose of the coronavirus vaccine on live television as part of a growing effort to convince the American public the inoculations are safe

President-elect Joe Biden received the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine on Monday. “This is just the beginning,” he said. “I hope people listen to all the experts… talking about the need to wear masks.”

This is probably not what Dippin’ Dots had in mind when describing itself as the “Ice Cream of the Future.”

The Army general in charge of getting COVID-19 vaccines across the United States is apologizing for what he calls “miscommunication” with states over the number of doses to be delivered in the early stages of distribution

Vaccine shipments bound for New Jersey from Pfizer and Moderna — the latter which was granted emergency use authorization by the FDA on Friday — have been reduced by an estimated 20 percent, Gov. Phil Murphy said at a transit briefing on Friday. “We’re still trying to get to the bottom of what we understand will be 20 percent reduction…

After rolling out its first COVID inoculations on Tuesday, New Jersey is now expecting a 20 percent reduction in the number of doses in its next shipment, resulting in an estimated 100,000 fewer vaccinations being issued this year. News 4’s Brian Thompson has the latest on what Governor Murphy is saying caused this delay.

NBC New York’s Tracie Strahan is at the Palisades Medical Center in North Bergen where health care workers there are receiving the much anticipated coronavirus vaccine.

Meanwhile, more restrictions are possible in New York City after Gov. Andrew Cuomo banned indoor dining this week. NBC New York’s Tracie Strahan and Katherine Creag report.

U.S. officials say they’re actively negotiating for additional purchases of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine after passing up a chance to lock in a contract this summer because it was still unclear how well the shots would work

Both the Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccines were developed using mRNA—short for messenger RNA— technology. Here is how they work.

NBC New York’s Ray Villeda reports.

Fourteen sites across the country will receive 30,000 doses this week.

U.S. officials say the nation’s first COVID-19 vaccine will begin arriving in states Monday morning

History unfolded as the first authorized COVID-19 vaccine in the U.S. shipped out to spots across the country, including roughly 31,000 doses to Connecticut. The first COVID-19 vaccines in the state arrived to Hartford Hospital on Monday morning. Later in the morning, the first vaccine was given out to a frontline health care worker. “I’ve got my phone on...