The CDC originally stated people should not get the COVID-19 shots within 14 days of other vaccines. That has now changed. There are no longer any time limitations.

FDA’s decision could help pave the way for other countries that are considering the Moderna vaccine, the first-ever regulatory clearance for the small Cambridge, Massachusetts, company. Britain, Canada and a few other countries already have cleared the Pfizer-BioNTech shot, with a European Union decision due Monday. The FDA’s main messages:Both the new Moderna vaccine and the Pfizer-BioNTech shot require two doses several weeks apart. In a study of 30,000 volunteers, the Moderna vaccine was more than 94% effective at preventing symptomatic COVID-19 in people 18 and older. Like with the Pfizer-BioNTech shot, expect sore arms, fever, fatigue and muscle aches, which are signs the immune system is revving up.

SAN ANTONIO – Baptist Health System is expected to receive 3,900 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine this week, and one doctor says she’s glad to be getting an extra layer of protection amid a rising number of cases in the area. “The virus has caused so much stress on people, but especially people being in the hospital setting,” said Dr. Jocelyn Juarez, a physician hospitalist at Baptist Health System. Baptist Health System frontline staff members will begin getting the COVID-19 vaccines on Thursday. “I had him in May, so that was a very scary time, especially being pregnant,” Juarez said. She said this vaccine will be an extra layer of protection for health care workers amid a surge in cases.

HONDO, Texas – This week, 110 Texas hospitals have received or will receive a much-anticipated COVID-19 vaccine, while many others await word on when theirs will arrive. The board president of the Texas Rural Health Association said that, from what he has heard, rural hospitals are essentially standing by. The Moderna COVID-19 vaccine ships in batches of 100 instead of 975. A spokeswoman for CHRISTUS Santa Rosa, though, would not comment on whether its New Braunfels location would eventually receive vaccine doses. UT Health San Antonio administers COVID-19 vaccine to frontline healthcare workers

SAN ANTONIO – COVID-19 vaccine distribution is underway in many parts of the U.S., and while some frontline health care workers have already gotten their shot, others are choosing to wait. A San Antonio nurse who worked in the frontlines in New York, Houston, El Paso and San Antonio is choosing to wait to get vaccinated. “You have some nurses and some health care professionals that just feel like this vaccine was expedited way too fast, and we just don’t know too much about it,” she said. Infectious disease specialist Dr. Ruth Berggren received her vaccine on Tuesday. Even though the Pfizer vaccine received emergency approval already, it doesn’t mean the clinical trials are over.

COVID-19 vaccine candidate is applied like a bandagePublished: June 9, 2020, 7:13 pmScientists in Pittsburgh have developed a novel coronavirus vaccine that they say is now ready for human trials.