Medicine

As a budding school teacher was having a stroke at age 22, medical professionals kept explaining her symptoms away and sending her home. Until her mom stepped in.

Vaccines are not expected to be widely available to the public for months, according to health officials.

Black and Hispanic Americans have been hit the hardest by COVID. We'll look at the racial disparities, the effort to address them, and the high rates of vaccine hesitancy.

"Given the public health emergency, FDA is advising that it is acceptable to use every full dose obtainable from each vial," the FDA said.

Also, statewide COVID-19 hospitalization rates are now double what they were during the spring peak.

Two days before a panel of experts is set to review Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine and advise the Food and Drug Administration, documents show the vaccine is 95% effective and wel

New Jersey is expected to get three shipments of the Pfizer vaccine this month, beginning with about 76,000 doses this week and another 86,000 next week.

Hospitals are rolling out the first small shipments Monday, as boxes of precious frozen vials arrive at locations around the country.

Delaware could receive more than 8,700 doses of the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine and begin distribution to residents “within the next few days,” per health officials.

Shipments of the Pfizer vaccine will kickstart the biggest vaccination effort in American history at a critical juncture of the pandemic that has killed 1.6 million people.

The U.S. gave the final go-ahead Friday to the nation’s first COVID-19 vaccine.

In an effort to reverse the state’s overdose death rate that continues to climb, the state is offering to mail out the OD-interrupting drug naloxone.

The Food and Drug Administration is expected to follow the recommendation issued Thursday by its expert advisers.

With the first COVID-19 vaccines expected to be shipped out within days, health care providers are scrambling to prepare for an unprecedentedly high-stakes vaccine rollout.

We discuss the science behind the vaccines, the rollout and who will be lining up to get vaccinated.