vaccines

Politics, religion, distrust and disinformation all play a role. "I've realized that there's no convincing somebody once they have their mind made up," says a social worker in Beaumont, Texas.

Peter Hotez and Maria Elena Bottazzi used an oldie-but- goodie technology to devise a vaccine that's easy to make — and relatively cheap. India has already ordered 300 million doses.

A group of United employees had asked the court for a preliminary injunction to block United's policy of putting workers with religious or medical exemptions on unpaid leave.

Moderna says the FDA is looking into reports of a rare side effect — myocarditis, or the inflammation of the heart muscle — in those who've gotten the shot.

The Texas Supreme Court on Thursday evening denied Attorney General Ken Paxton's request to stay three temporary restraining orders in Travis County. At around the same time, the Texas Fourth Court of Appeals upheld an injunction against Gov. Greg Abbott on behalf of San Antonio and Bexar County over their mask mandate in schools.

El Distrito de Salud Metropolitano de San Antonio continúa trabajando con agencias estatales y locales para distribuir vacunas COVID-19 a poblaciones críticas. A continuación, se incluyen algunas respuestas a preguntas comunes:

President Trump says there could be widespread distribution of a vaccine against the coronavirus in a much shorter timeline than described by the CDC.

Several COVID-19 vaccine candidates are being tested now. But why does it take 30,000 volunteers to know if one is safe and effective? And what does it mean to say a vaccine candidate is working?

New vaccines usually take years to get the approval of the Food and Drug Administration. But the Trump administration suggests the FDA may greenlight a coronavirus vaccine by the end of the year.

On this week’s Petrie Dish, we dive into the COVID-19 vaccine. First we answer: what is a vaccine? We've all gotten them, but have you ever wondered how…