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The new clinical trial data shows a single shot of the vaccine “gives sustainable antibodies,” Dr. Paul Stoffels, J&J chief scientific officer, told CNBC.

Jason McDonald, a spokesman for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said in a statement to CNBC the agency is looking at the new research.

“We’re in a very difficult situation, and it’s getting worse,” White House health advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci said Tuesday.

A more infectious coronavirus strain first identified in South Africa is “disturbing” and could pose a threat to Covid antibody drugs, Dr. Anthony Fauci said.

The government is changing the way it allocates Covid vaccine doses, now basing it on how quickly states can administer shots and size of their elderly population.

New York will turn Citi Field, home of the Mets, into a ‘mega’ Covid vaccination site, aiming to give as many as 7,000 shots a day, Mayor Bill de Blasio said.

Cuomo said further expanding to those 65 and older will open eligibility to about 7 million people, but the state is only receiving about 300,000 doses a week.

The Trump administration will issue new guidelines that expand vaccine eligibility to everyone age 65 and older, a senior official told CNBC.

The silver lining of being stuck at home during the coronavirus pandemic is getting to cozy up with a good book. University professors and staff at Harvard, Yale and Columbia share what they’ve reading to pass the time.

Rep. Peter Meijer (R-MI) was one of only nine freshmen GOP lawmakers who voted to uphold the November election, now his life could be at risk because of it.

Senate Democrats demanded the Trump administration make changes to its Covid-19 vaccine rollout strategy, saying it has “failed” states.

“We’re going to continue to see mortality in the 2,500-5,000 a day range,” CDC Director Dr. Robert Redfield told the McClatchy news agency in an interview.

Dr. Ashish Jha explains why the United States is “flying blindly” and “guessing” when it comes to a highly transmissible new Covid variant in the country.

The White House coronavirus task force said there could be a new variant of the virus that evolved in the U.S. and is driving spread, a document obtained by NBC News said.

The U.S. administered more than 600,000 Covid vaccine shots in one day, the CDC reported Thursday, the most yet in a 24-hour period.

New York could be forced into another economic shutdown if a new, contagious variant of the virus adds strain to the state’s hospitals, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said.

Pollack said some hospitals have received fewer doses than requested while others have received more than they need “without an explanation for this mismatch.”

It’s likely that the variant is already circulating in Texas, because the man had no prior travel history, the state’s health commissioner said in a statement.

In LA County, Covid kills someone about every 15 minutes, forcing hospitals to cram beds into gift shops, cafeterias and conference rooms.

Over 361,200 people in the U.S. have died of the disease since the virus arrived in the U.S. nearly 12 months ago.