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The Biden administration announced Wednesday that it supports waiving intellectual property protections for Covid-19 vaccines.

The number of Americans who prefer J&J’s Covid-19 vaccine declined after the U.S. paused its use to investigate safety, but 17% still say it’s their top choice.

“This is our duty — absolutely a duty — to be vaccinated,” Republican West Virginia Gov. Jim Justice told CNBC.

With the state on track to reach its goal of fully vaccinating 4.1 million residents by early June, Gov. Charlie Baker said Massachusetts would begin to dial back its reliance on mass vaccination sites and increase vaccine distribution to regional sites, mobile clinics and primary care providers to reach people who have not yet received the vaccine. More than 2.6…

The Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine is available again in Massachusetts. St. Peter’s Church in Worcester hosted the city’s third walkup COVID-19 vaccine equity clinic this week, with the single-dose shot being an attractive option for some. “A relief, I didn’t want to get two shots, I just wanted to get one shot and get it over with,” said...

The rate of daily Covid vaccine shots in the U.S. is on the decline, but coronavirus cases are also dropping in most states.

The United States is reporting an average of 2.7 million daily vaccinations over the past week and more than half of adults have gotten a shot in most states.

Public preference for the AstraZeneca vaccine has fallen since reports potentially linking it to some cases of unusual blood clotting cases, a U.K. study shows.

The rate of U.S. vaccinations continued to slide in recent days as average daily case counts dropped below 60,000 on Friday for the first time since March 25.

Some Vermont pharmacies could resume use of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine against COVID-19 as early as Monday, but state clinics for the single-shot vaccine are due to begin on Tuesday, officials said. As of Monday morning, a drive-up clinic scheduled for Tuesday in Barton had more than 250 available appointments, said Bennett Truman, spokesperson for the Health Department. The…

The state will receive more Johnson & Johnson vaccine doses and Gov. Charlie Baker is expected to make an announcement about masks this week.

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker announced a package of road safety legislation that would allow police to stop drivers for not wearing a seatbelt and allow cities and towns to use red light cameras, among other measures. Baker announced he will re-file several provisions aimed at improving road safety during a Monday press conference, including more stringent penalties for people who…

CVS will make appointments available in Massachusetts this week for residents to receive the Johnson & Johnson vaccine, the pharmacy giant confirmed. An 11-day nationwide pause on the administering of Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose vaccine was lifted by the FDA and the CDC at the end of last week, and Massachusetts resumed giving J&J doses out at state-run clinics...

Massachusetts is expecting a shipment of about 4,000 doses of the Johnson and Johnson coronavirus vaccine just days after the federal government allowed the single-dose shot to be given again.

Just two days after the FDA and the CDC gave the Johnson & Johnson shot the go-ahead, the one-shot vaccine was met with mixed reactions at a walk-in clinic in Newton Sunday. For most people at Union Pharmacy in Newton Centre, the Johnson & Johnson vaccine came with a shot of relief. “I’d like to be able to see...

As a pause on the Johnson & Johnson vaccine was lifted at the end of the week, Newton residents had mixed reactions to getting that version of the vaccine.

The Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is back in the mix again. It was put on pause a little less than two weeks ago when at least six women had rare blood clots after getting the shot and one of them died. In Connecticut, the Johnson & Johnson vaccine could be put back to use as early as Saturday. Dept….

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced his state would resume use of the J&J vaccine on Saturday, effective immediately.

Use of the Johnson & Johnson Vaccine resumed Friday in Massachusetts and Maine after federal health agencies lifted the pause of its use. The vaccine will be used again in Vermont starting next week, state health officials there said. The Connecticut Department of Public Health on Saturday announced that it has advised vaccine providers to start offering the J&J...

Officials in Massachusetts and Maine said that administration of the Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine should resume Friday after federal health agencies lifted the pause of its use. The vaccine will be used again in Vermont starting next week, health officials there said. The pause on Johnson & Johnson’s single-dose shot was in effect for 11 days due to the…