vaccines

Anti-Vaccine and medical misinformation spreader Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has been tapped by President-elect Donald Trump to be the health secretary. Vaccine researcher, Dr. Peter Hotez, joins us to explain why this is a concerning choice.

Two of the updated COVID-19 vaccines have arrived at pharmacies all over the country. On Friday, the FDA authorized the Novavax shot, which is also expected to be available in the coming days.

A virus doesn’t care if you are a Republican or a Democrat. But unfortunately, in the aftermath of the COVID pandemic, vaccinations and the validity of medical science have become a partisan issue. Polling shows a significant number of Republicans question the safety of vaccines and say Americans shouldn’t be encouraged to get them. How is this hurting public health?

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.