Texas COVID-19 vaccine map can help you avoid vaccine scams

Con artists are already claiming to have the COVID-19 vaccine and stealing people's money and personal information. There is one surefire way to check and see if someone claiming to be able to administer the vaccine is state approved.

UK ramps up vaccinations with first Oxford-AstraZeneca injection

Britain has taken another giant step in the fight against COVID-19, ramping up its immunization program by giving out the first shots in the world from the vaccine created by Oxford University and pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca.

Houston's first public COVID-19 vaccine location officially opens

On Saturday, Houston’s first public COVID-19 vaccine location opened on the city’s Southside. Houston's Mayor says he hopes more than a million people in the city will get the shot by the end of January.

City of Houston holding its first ever COVID-19 vaccination clinic Saturday

The City of Houston is holding a free COVID-19 Vaccine Clinic for people in the 1A and 1B categories. Only 750 people will be vaccinated on Saturday, January 2, 2021.

Coronavirus means life won't go back to normal until fall 2021, despite vaccines: Fauci

Top White House coronavirus adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci said Thursday that life in the U.S. will not get back to normal until fall 2021 despite emergency approvals of vaccines.

COVID-19 timeline: How the pandemic unfolded over 1 year

The challenging months brought death, sickness, disruption and scientific exploration to the forefront of our lives, and many call it both the shortest and the longest year in history — and one that will certainly not be forgotten.

US vaccine rollout off to slow, messy start

The race to vaccinate millions of Americans is off to a slower, messier start than public health officials and leaders of the Trump administration’s Operation Warp Speed had expected.

Houston-area doctor critical of COVID-19 vaccination rollout

FOX 26 also spoke with Dr. Peter Hotez with Baylor College of Medicine Wednesday. He has been very vocal in what he is calling a slow timeline to administer vaccines.

Texas governor, top health official urge quick vaccinations

In separate statements, Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and state health Commissioner Dr. John Hellerstedt suggested that some hospitals are not moving fast enough in distributing the vaccine to the first rounds of eligible patients.

UK approves second COVID-19 vaccine with easier storage

Britain became the first country to authorize an easy-to-handle COVID-19 vaccine whose developers hope it will become the “vaccine for the world.”

Kamala Harris receives first dose of COVID-19 vaccine

Vice President-elect Kamala Harris and her husband, Doug Emhoff, will receive their first round of the COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday.

COVID-19 vaccine rollout to US troops overseas gets underway

Troops based in Japan, South Korea and Europe were among the first to receive the vaccine amid rising cases of the coronavirus around the world.

CVS begins giving COVID-19 vaccines to Houston-area seniors

Those who are among the most vulnerable, our seniors, are now getting the COVID-19 vaccine as CVS Pharmacy begins vaccinating 275,000 already selected nursing home staff and residents here in Texas.

AstraZeneca believes vaccine will work against COVID-19 variant

The head of drugmaker AstraZeneca said Sunday that researchers believe the shot will be effective against a new variant of the virus driving a rapid surge in infections in Britain.

COVID-19 vaccinations begin in Hungary, Germany

Hungarian doctors and health care workers began getting vaccinated Saturday with one of the continent’s first shipments of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine.