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Temp travel nurses are making $11K a week to give COVID-19 vaccines

Travel nurses are raking in big bucks as the city’s public hospital system is filing its ranks with temps to give COVID shots, some earning as much as $11,000 a week. The Health + Hospitals Read More

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Giant Eagle To Administer COVID-19 Vaccine When Available

Giant Eagle Pharmacy says it will help to administer the COVID-19 vaccine once it becomes available. Read More

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Area representatives receive COVID-19 vaccine

New York (WHAM) – Federal representatives in New York began receiving the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 this weekend. Congressional Leadership was informed by the Office of the Attending Physician that Members of the House of Representatives and Senate are eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine. “My recommendation to you is absolutely unequivocal: there is no reason why you […]

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New York Sen. Chuck Schumer gets COVID-19 vaccine

The Senate Minority Leader said he got the vaccine on the advice of the congressional doctor, a day after fellow leaders House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell took their shots. Read More

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Fauci tells kids Santa Claus got COVID-19 vaccine

“Santa Claus is good to go!” the nation’s top infectious disease specialist said during an appearance on CNN’s “Sesame Street ABC’s of COVID-19 Town Hall.” Read More

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Did Santa get the COVID-19 vaccine? Dr. Fauci has the inside scoop

The country’s top infectious disease expert said he took a special trip to the North Pole ahead of Christmas. Read More

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“We are not perfect”: General apologizes for “miscommunication” over vaccine shipments

Several governors said this week that their states would get fewer doses than originally projected. Read More

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William Beaumont Army Medical Center ready to receive COVID-19 vaccine

The Department of Defense has received the Food and Drug Administration’s emergency use authorization and William Beaumont Army Medical Center anticipates the arrival of the COVID-19 vaccine. William Beaumont has been postured and ready for a vaccine arrival for some time,” said Col. Michael S. Oshiki, WBAMC hospital commander. Read More

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Infectious disease doc calls COVID-19 vaccine ‘a breeze’

Monday will mark one week since doctors and healthcare workers began receiving Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine. Out of the thousands of frontline workers to receive the vaccination nationwide, there were only three reports of anyone showing major allergic reactions. Read More

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VA Hospital, Staten Island health care center left out of COVID-19

As New York City’s hospitals rolled out their coronavirus vaccination campaigns with great fanfare, staffers and patients at healthcare centers in the Bronx and Staten Island were left Read More