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Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Thursday is set to announce a new promotion to encourage Illinois residents to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

A new vaccine lottery in Illinois will offer a total of $10 million in total prize money to residents who get vaccinated against COVID-19, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Thursday.

Though coronavirus case counts have gone up in states that have reopened, the uptick is slight thanks to the vaccines, says Dr. John Torres. More people with antibodies against COVID-19 means fewer cases and chances to spread to others.

Novavax announced Monday that its COVID-19 vaccine had a 90.4% efficacy in a phase 3 trial in the U.S. and Mexico.

Johnson & Johnson says U.S. health officials have extended the expiration date for its COVID-19 vaccine by six weeks

President Joe Biden announced on Thursday the United States would purchase 500 million douses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine and donate them to other countries to help combat the spread of the coronavirus.

If cleared by the FDA, it will become the second Covid-19 vaccine available in the United States for teens under 18 along with Pfizer-BioNTech’s vaccine, which was authorized for adolescents ages 12 to 15 in May.

Governments around the U.S. are trying to come up with incentives to encourage people to get a COVID-19 vaccine to help the nation more fully open in the summer…and a lot of them are vices.

More than a third of adult Americans missed regular cancer screenings last year, and doctors say a lot of children and adolescents have fallen behind on childhood vaccinations too.

A federal judge on Tuesday sentenced the Wisconsin pharmacist who destroyed 500 COVID-19 vaccine doses to three years in prison with another three years of supervised release.

The White House says the U.S. will swiftly share millions more doses of COVID-19 vaccines with the world

Illinois could soon have a vaccine lottery similar to ones introduced in other U.S. states aimed at boosting the number of COVID vaccinations, Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Thursday.

Can employers require COVID vaccinations for employees?

The U.S. is approaching the goal of 70% of citizens vaccinated. Former FDA associate commissioner Peter Pitts thinks the nation can get it done with peer pressure and personal anecdotes about the joys of taking part in normal activities again.

Ohio residents who were recently vaccinated may want to answer their phone Wednesday even if the number isn’t familiar. It might be Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on the other end.

The cruise ship industry, of Florida’s largest, is warning the state’s governor that a law he signed could make it more difficult for ships to return to sea after they were docked by the coronavirus pandemic.

The Duchess of Cambridge has received her first dose of COVID-19 vaccine as Britain extends its inoculation program to younger residents.

The company has already administered more than 17 million doses, but is looking to overcome hesitancy by offering prizes.

Experts say employers can make COVID-19 vaccination mandatory, with some exceptions

Some are questioning if requiring proof of vaccination violates the HIPAA, or the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996.