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A Massachusetts company is playing a key role in the nation’s coronavirus response. Waltham-based Thermo Fisher Scientific has already helped with testing and protective gear, but now the company is making freezers to store the vaccine. One of the vaccines on the horizon made by Pfizer — an experimental new kind of vaccine made using mRNA molecules — has to…

The first coronavirus vaccines could arrive in Massachusetts as early as this month, Gov. Charlie Baker said Tuesday, but it will take time to achieve widespread distribution. It will likely be months before the general public can get vaccinated, based on plans the federal government and Massachusetts are finalizing this week to prioritize limited early supplies. The first doses will…

Vaccinations for COVID-19 are around the corner as companies rush to get their versions approved for public use in America. Here is everything you need to know about them.

Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine must be stored at extremely cold temperatures, a logistical problem a Waltham company is working to solve.

The first coronavirus vaccines could arrive in Massachusetts as early as this month, Gov. Charlie Baker said Tuesday, but it will take time to achieve widespread distribution.

More than a third of Massachusetts adults would be unlikely to get the vaccine for COVID-19, according to new poll results, with adults who feel that way citing a lack of trust in the approval process and concerns about side effects. The Western New England University Polling Institute surveyed 415 adults and also found that 90% said they support their…

With vaccines for COVID-19 expected to become available in the near future, getting everyone to take them may not be easy.

The head of the agency responsible for authorizing COVID-19 vaccines says it will take the time needed to get the vaccine right

As the Center for Disease Control Vaccine Advisory Committee meets to recommend who should get the first vials of coronavirus vaccine, the need is growing.

Two mRNA vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna are nearing final approval. But how do they work? Michael Teng, an associate professor at the University of South Florida’s College of Medicine, joined LX News to explain the role mRNA plays in making these vaccines work and why they should be trusted.

Vaccination proponents and misinformation researchers had been waiting for years for Facebook to take action against the biggest and most influential anti-vaccination pages, NBC News reports.

Both Pfizer and Moderna have submitted their vaccines as part of an approval process that could take weeks.

For the first time since winning the election, Joe Biden will receive official daily briefings on Monday, plus a possible meeting with the White House Coronavirus Task Force. This, as U.S. coronavirus cases surge, and pharmacy companies prepare to dole out vaccines to the public. Congress returns to work on the same day, to grapple with how to help Americans...

Moderna says its COVID-19 vaccine was 94.1% effective during trials and that they will submit a request for emergency use authorization to the FDA.

The news of several potential coronavirus vaccines offers hope for the end of the pandemic, but experts caution that we may still be wearing masks and employing other guidelines, like social distancing, for at least another year.

AstraZeneca and Oxford University acknowledged a manufacturing error that is raising questions about preliminary results of their COVID-19 vaccine.

Massachusetts is well into planning how to distribute coronavirus vaccines when they begin arriving in the state, Gov. Charlie Baker said this week. The state’s public health system already has an existing infrastructure that allows it to process and distribute million of vaccines — including annual flu shots — the governor said during a press conference Monday. The vaccine will…

Several coronavirus vaccines are now in final stages for approval, but doctors are already worried that the public won’t want to take them. Dr. Paul Biddinger, who sits on the Massachusetts governor’s advisory group for COVID-19 vaccines, joined LX News to explain the many safety steps required for the vaccines to be approved for the general public and when to...

While the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine is promising news for adults, local pediatrician Tony Giordano says a vaccine for young children is still in the works.

The first COVID-19 vaccines to be given in the U.S. are expected to get a green light from regulators under a process known as emergency use authorization.