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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo rolled his sleeve Wednesday and received a single-dose coronavirus vaccine developed by Johnson & Johnson, giving a thumbs up.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is “actively” looking at additional studies on whether schools can safely reopen with students spaced three-feet apart rather than six-feet, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the agency director, said Wednesday during a subcommittee hearing.

The U.N. health agency said its global rollout of coronavirus vaccines remains unaffected even as a growing number of countries, especially in Europe, suspended use of AstraZeneca’s vaccine on Monday amid concerns about blood clots in some people who received it.

Two lineages of a coronavirus variant first detected in California have been classified as “variant[s] of concern” (VOC) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, with the agency citing an estimated 20% increased transmissibility over the wild-type strain.

A Florida mother who received one dose of the coronavirus vaccine while pregnant has passed antibodies to her newborn, doctors say.

A Texas woman claims she tested positive for the novel coronavirus following her second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.  

Booster shots to prevent infections from coronavirus mutations will become the norm in the future, according to a top genome expert in the United Kingdom. 

The European Union’s drug regulator insisted Tuesday that there is “no indication” the AstraZeneca vaccine causes blood clots as governments around the world faced the grimmest of dilemmas: push on with a vaccine known to save lives or suspend its use over reports of clotting in some recipients.

New research has pointed to the importance of keeping mothers and newborns together — even when a coronavirus infection is suspected or confirmed, according to the World Health Organization. 

A person who survived the major Ebola outbreak in West Africa between 2014 and 2016 may have harbored the virus for five years before it hopped to another person and triggered the current outbreak in Guinea, according to a new analysis.

A Florida correctional officer polled his colleagues earlier this year in a private Facebook group: “Will you take the COVID-19 vaccine if offered?”

Massachusetts officials have identified a case of the P.1 coronavirus variant in a Cape Cod woman who first tested positive for the illness in February.

Moderna has begun administering its coronavirus vaccine in children ages 6 months to 12 years as part of a Phase 2/3 study dubbed KidCOVE.

Matt and Melissa Graves created the Lane Thomas Foundation after their son was killed by an alligator in 2016. The Omaha couple said they decided to focus on pediatric organ donation because they wanted to help other families fighting for their children's lives and they wanted to help kids because their son loved other children.

Sweden followed suit with a fast expanding list of countries to pause AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccinations on Tuesday until Europe’s regulator completes an investigation into reports of blood clots and bleeding in a small number of vaccinated individuals.

The French health ministry said in a statement Monday that health officials in the country identified a new coronavirus variant that is not believed to be more deadly than earlier mutations.

Fox News medical contributor Dr. Marty Makary joined "Your World" Monday to discuss whether the medical establishment was in danger of losing the trust of Americans after the CDC urged caution as more states lift coronavirus restrictions.

As millions continue to wait their turn for the COVID-19 vaccine, small but steady amounts of the precious doses have gone to waste across the country.

Moderna on Monday announced that it began administering its next generation COVID-19 vaccine candidate in a Phase 1 study.

Germany joined an expanding list of several EU countries to suspend AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccinations amid concerns of blood clotting in vaccinated individuals, with Health Minister Jens Spahn calling the move a “precautionary measure.”