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If you’re 65 years of age or older, you will have first priority in receiving the COVID-19 vaccine, Gov. Ron DeSantis has announced. In South Florida, both Miami-Dade and Broward counties are offering the vaccine to seniors in the 65-and-older age bracket, but note that demand for the vaccine is currently outweighing supply. For real-time updates regarding vaccine availability, click…

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...

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NBC 6 has team coverage as those who have made appointments have started to get their chance to get the much sought after first dose of the vaccine.

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

Cleveland Clinic and Jackson Health System announced they will begin to roll out vaccines to certain members of the public.

Coronavirus vaccinations are now available to the oldest residents of Miami-Dade County at Mount Sinai Medical Center. The vaccine was previously only available to frontline healthcare workers and first responders, but as of this weekend, people aged 75 years or older can make appointments to receive initial doses of Pfizer and Moderna. People who would like an appointment can call…

Vaccinations for senior citizens began at Mt. Sinai Medical Center. NBC 6’s Amanda Plasencia reports

The first batch of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine has arrived at a U.S. Army base in South Korea.

Experts are worried that holiday travel could worsen the U.S.’s virus outbreak, but some good news is that vaccinations are beginning for elderly Miami-Dade residents.

A Boston doctor who used an EpiPen on himself after having the first known allergic reaction to Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine is speaking out about his experience. Within moments of receiving the first dose of the vaccine on Thursday, Dr. Hossein Sadrzadeh of Boston Medical Center said his heart began racing. He initially thought it was anxiety, he said, but...

A Boston doctor had an allergic reaction after receiving Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday, according to the hospital where he works, but is doing well. Boston Medical Center confirmed Friday night that Dr. Hossein Sadrzadeh, who reportedly has a severe shellfish allergy, was taken to the emergency department after his first dose of the Cambridge-based company’s vaccine. It’s the...

Coronavirus vaccinations are being administered to seniors at Mount Sinai. NBC 6’s Phil Prazan reports.

National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Dr. Anthony Fauci and Health and Human Services Secretary Alex Azar received their first dose of Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine on Tuesday.

Health care workers in Massachusetts began receiving the country’s second approved coronavirus vaccine Monday, developed by Cambridge-based Moderna. There were cheers at the East Boston Neighborhood Health Center when Dr. Jaime Gallegos became its first staffer to get the injection. He held a sign in his lap saying, “Take that, COVID!” Gallegos called the vaccine’s rollout a “great milestone,”...

A federal advisory panel has recommended that people 75 and older and essential workers like firefighters, teachers and grocery store workers be put next in line for COVID-19 shots as a second vaccine began rolling out to hospitals

Over a dozen hospitals across South Florida are expected to receive some of the 370,000 new doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, after the FDA granted emergency use Friday night.

Over a dozen hospitals across South Florida are expected to receive some of the 370,000 doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine Florida is receiving next week. Beginning Sunday, boxes packed with the federally approved vaccine will be shipped out across the country. Nearly 170 hospitals across the state of Florida will receive the doses. Hialeah Hospital is one of the…

Nearly 33,000 doses of the new COVID-19 vaccine have been administered since Monday, according to a new report from Florida’s Department of Health. The daily updates breakdown the age, race and sex of those who have received the vaccine across the state. Of the 32,707 doses that have been administered, 7,729 doses were given to people between the ages 35…

The U.S. is adding a second COVID-19 vaccine to its arsenal