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Syringes containing the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine sit in a tray in a vaccination room at St. Joseph Hospital in Orange, Calif., Thursday, Jan. 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Pfizer study suggests vaccine works against virus variant

By Lauran Neergaard - Associated Press

Report: 2 Portland hospitals waste COVID-19 vaccine doses

Associated Press

In this picture taken on Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020, health workers wheel out a patient from an ambulance, at the entrance of the University Clinic complex in Skopje, North Macedonia. When thousands of people across the European Union simultaneously began rolling up their sleeves last month to get a coronavirus vaccination shot, one corner of the continent was left behind, feeling isolated and abandoned: the Balkans. (AP Photo/Boris Grdanoski)

Balkans feel abandoned as vaccinations kick off in Europe

By SABINA NIKSIC and DUSAN STOJANOVIC - Associated Press

FILE- In this Monday Dec. 1, 2020, file photo the exterior of the European Medicines Agency is seen in Amsterdam, Netherlands. The European Commission defended its coronavirus vaccination strategy Monday amid growing criticism in member states about the slow rollout of COVID-19 shots across the region with 450 million inhabitants. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

EU commission greenlights Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine

By ALEKSANDAR FURTULA and MIKE CORDER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020 file photo, staff members wait for in line at a COVID-19 testing facility of the Municipal Health Authority GGD, in Utrecht, Netherlands. The Dutch government came under heavy criticism from lawmakers Tuesday Jan. 5, 2021, for its COVID-19 vaccination plan that only starts to administer its first shots on Wednesday, making it the last European Union nation to begin vaccinations. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong, File)

Dutch begin COVID-19 vaccinations; last EU nation to do so

By MIKE CORDER - Associated Press

Staff members wait for the next in line at a COVID-19 testing facility of the Municipal Health Authority GGD, in Utrecht, Netherlands, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020. Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte imposed a tough lockdown Monday night in a speech to the nation ordering all non-essential shops and businesses such as hair salons, museums and theaters to close as coronavirus infection rates in the Netherlands rise sharply despite a two-month partial lockdown. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)

Dutch government criticized for late start to vaccinations

By MIKE CORDER - Associated Press

82-year-old Brian Pinker receives the Oxford University/AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine from nurse Sam Foster at the Churchill Hospital in Oxford, England, Monday, Jan. 4, 2021. Pinker, a retired maintenance manager received the first injection of the new vaccine developed by between Oxford University and drug giant AstraZeneca. (Steve Parsons/Pool Photo via AP)

Vaccination drive enters new phase in US and Britain

By EUGENE GARCIA and DANICA KIRKA - Associated Press

A nurse prepares a vaccine prior to the vaccination of elderly people at a nursing house in Athens, Monday, Jan. 4, 2021. Vaccinations were expanded from 9 to 50 hospitals nationwide on Monday. (Louisa Gouliamaki/Pool via AP)

EU rejects criticism for slow vaccine rollout across bloc

By SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press

Doses of the COVID-19 vaccine developed by Oxford University and U.K.-based drugmaker AstraZeneca are logged by a technical officer, as they arrive at the Princess Royal Hospital in Haywards Heath, England, Saturday, Jan. 2, 2021. The U,K, has 530,000 doses available for rollout from Monday. (Gareth Fuller/Pool via AP)

UK ramps up inoculations with Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine

By Danica Kirka - Associated Press

Egypt to probe 4 virus patients’ ICU deaths amid controversy

Associated Press

Indians wearing face masks as a precautionary measure against the coronavirus stand in a queue to apply for a health card initiated by West Bengal state government in Kolkata, India, Saturday, Jan. 2, 2021. (AP Photo/Bikas Das)

The Latest: Ariz. gov. rejects call for online learning

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

In this Tuesday, Dec. 29, 2020, photo provided by Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health, registered nurse Starla Garcia prepares a coronavirus vaccine in Chinle, Ariz., for someone who enrolled in the COVID-19 vaccine trials on the Navajo Nation and initially received a placebo. (Nina Mayer Ritchie/Johns Hopkins Center for American Indian Health via AP)

Fast rollout of virus vaccine trials reveals tribal distrust

By FELICIA FONSECA - Associated Press

People wearing face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus walk though a shopping street Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020, in Tokyo. On the New Year's Eve, the shopping street is crowded by last minute shoppers who look for ingredients for &quot;osechi&quot; or Japanese traditional New Year dishes. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

The Latest: Tens of thousands on Vegas strip despite warning

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

A nurse administers the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Guy's Hospital in London, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020. U.K. health authorities rolled out the first doses of a widely tested and independently reviewed COVID-19 vaccine Tuesday, starting a global immunization program that is expected to gain momentum as more serums win approval. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, Pool)

Pregnant, breastfeeding women in UK can receive vaccine

By Shen Wu Tan - The Washington Times

Virginia has vaccinated 54,000 against COVID-19 so far

By DENISE LAVOIE - Associated Press

This undated file photo issued by the University of Oxford shows of a vial of coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University, in Oxford, England. Britain has authorized the use of a second COVID-19 vaccine, becoming the first country to greenlight an easy-to-handle shot that its developers hope will become the “vaccine for the world.” The United Kingdom government says the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency has made an emergency authorization for the vaccine developed by Oxford University and U.K.-based drugmaker AstraZeneca. (John Cairns/University of Oxford via AP, File)

UK approves use of 2nd COVID-19 vaccine with easier storage

By Danica Kirka and Mike Corder - Associated Press

A nurse administers a COVID-19 vaccine to Josepha Delmotte, 102 years old, center, at La Bonne Maison de Bouzanton care home in Mons, Belgium, Monday, Dec. 28, 2020. The vaccine, developed by BioNTech and Pfizer, was transported from a hospital in Leuven to the residential care home on Monday, as Belgium begins its vaccination program starting with the most vulnerable. Also being vaccinated, nurse Marie-Catherine Van Broeck, second right, and Toni Agostinelli, left, who both work at the home. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco, Pool)

Dutch government under fire for late start with vaccinations

By MIKE CORDER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2020, photo provided by the Iranian Health Ministry, medics tend to a COVID-19 patient at a hospital in Tehran, Iran. Iranian media reported on Monday, Dec. 28 that an unidentified group of U.S.-based philanthropists plans to send 150,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine to Iran in the coming weeks, in a step that could bring the hardest-hit country in the Middle East closer to inoculating its citizens against the coronavirus. (Akbar Badrkhani/Iranian Health Ministry via AP, File)

Iran begins first human trial of locally made virus vaccine

By AMIR VAHDAT - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 14, 2020, photo provided by the Iranian Health Ministry, medics tend to a COVID-19 patient at a hospital in Tehran, Iran. Iranian media reported on Monday, Dec. 28 that an unidentified group of U.S.-based philanthropists plans to send 150,000 doses of the Pfizer vaccine to Iran in the coming weeks, in a step that could bring the hardest-hit country in the Middle East closer to inoculating its citizens against the coronavirus. (Akbar Badrkhani/Iranian Health Ministry via AP, File)

Iran says Pfizer vaccine batch expected from US benefactors

By NASSER KARIMI - Associated Press

Ellie Basham, Executive Director at Life Care Center in Kirkland, Wash., being vaccinated by Kristine Kim, a pharmacist for CVS outside the Center in Kirkland, Wash., Monday, Dec. 28, 2020. (Steve Ringman/The Seattle Times via AP)

More COVID-19 vaccines in the pipeline as US effort ramps up

By LAURAN NEERGAARD - Associated Press