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Whether preparing for the COVID-19 vaccine or enduring side effects, officials provided guidance on taking various over-the-counter medications.

Starting Monday, Massachusetts residents 55 and older will be able to get vaccinated in addition to people who suffer from health conditions that put them at greater risk for COVID-19.

Side effects are possible after receiving either one or two doses of any of the three coronavirus vaccines currently being administered in the U.S., but not everyone experiences them. So what causes the side effects and what does it mean if you get them when others don’t?

Connecticut residents 16-years-old and up are now able to start making appointments for their COVID-19 vaccines this morning. Residents eligible to get a vaccine are able create an account in the Vaccine Administration Management System (VAMS). The registration is the first step in process of making a vaccination appointment. United Way, which works with the Department of Public Health to...

The company at the center of quality problems that led Johnson & Johnson to discard 15 million doses of its coronavirus vaccine has a string of citations from U.S. health officials for quality control problems

Spring has arrived, and many older adults who have been vaccinated are emerging from a hibernation imposed by the coronavirus pandemic

Maine expanded eligibility for the coronavirus vaccine to everyone age 50 and older on Tuesday. The state is using age-based tiers to apportion the limited number of coronavirus vaccines it has access to. Everyone age 16 and older will come eligible on April 19. The office of Gov. Janet Mills, a Democrat, said more than 580,000 doses of coronavirus vaccines…

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker testified Tuesday on the state’s coronavirus response at a second hearing before the Legislature’s Joint Committee on COVID-19 and Emergency Preparedness and Management. The hearing was the second in a series of planned oversight hearings by the committee. Tuesday’s meeting focused on technology issues that complicated vaccine distribution efforts early on. Baker argued Tuesday that his...

Approximately 165,000 additional Maine residents in the 50-59 age range became eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday.

Massachusetts has already paid more than $4 million to three companies to set up a call center to manage the scramble for coronavirus vaccine appointments the day after hundreds of thousands of older residents became eligible, and the tab is expected to grow, according to a published report. Marylou Sudders, the state’s health secretary, signed all three contracts Feb. 23,…

President Joe Biden announced that every American eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine should be able to receive their dose by May 1st. His address on the COVID-19 pandemic came after he signed his first major victory under his administration – a $1.9 trillion COVID-19 relief bill that will give eligible Americans $1,400 in direct stimulus payments, among other benefits.

When asked about why the U.S. ordered a surplus of 100 million doses of the vaccine, White House press secretary Jen Psaki cited effectiveness in different populations and against new coronavirus strains. “One of the reasons why we ordered the additional 100 million doses is because we don’t yet know what vaccine is most effective with children,” Psaki said. “That...

Educators are now eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine in Massachusetts.

Target is partnering with CVS to begin offering coronavirus vaccinations at more than 600 U.S. stores, the company announced Wednesday.

Mass. residents can now preregister for the COVID-19 vaccine using a new website.

A mass vaccination site opened Saturday at the New Hampshire Motor Speedway in Loudon on Saturday, where the state hopes to administer Johnson & Johnson’s coronavirus vaccine to 12,000 residents this weekend.

If you’ve already received the COVID-19 vaccine, it’s important not to let your guard down – at least not yet, according to Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and one of the nation’s top coronavirus experts. After virtually accepting an award Thursday night from the University of Chicago Harris School of Public...

Officials said COVID-19 vaccine appointments were fully booked Thursday morning.

Health officials, including White House adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci, are rejecting the idea that people “shop around” for their preferred doses.

We take a closer look at the age-based COVID-19 vaccination strategies being employed in Maine and Connecticut, and why officials say they’re better than other approaches.