COVID-19 vaccination in the United States
The COVID-19 vaccination campaign in the United States is an ongoing mass immunization campaign for the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) first granted emergency use authorization to the Pfizer–BioNTech vaccine on December 10, 2020, and mass vaccinations began four days later. The Moderna vaccine was granted emergency use authorization on December 17, 2020, and the Janssen vaccine was granted emergency use authorization on February 27, 2021. By April 19, 2021, all U.S. states had opened vaccine eligibility to residents aged 16 and over. On May 10, 2021, the FDA approved the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for adolescents aged 12 to 15. On August 23, 2021, the FDA granted full approval to the Pfizer–BioNTech vaccine for individuals aged 16 and over.
Senior citizens await COVID-19 vaccine at a Maryland pharmacy in January 2021.
Vice President Elect Kamala Harris, like many other public officials, was vaccinated on-camera.
Drive-through vaccination site at the Larkspur Ferry Terminal in Larkspur, California
A poster on a Massachusetts train station offering COVID-19 vaccines for children 5 through 11 years of age.
COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
In the United States, the worldwide pandemic of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) has resulted in 103,436,829 confirmed cases with 1,186,533 all-time deaths, the most of any country, and the 20th highest per capita worldwide. The COVID-19 pandemic is the deadliest disaster in the country's history.
March 6: President Trump and Alex Azar at the signing of Coronavirus Preparedness and Response Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2020 into law
President Joe Biden visits a COVID-19 vaccination site at Walter Reed Medical Center.
Marquee at a closed music venue in Washington, D.C.
President Trump and Airline CEOs discuss COVID-19's impact on the travel industry on March 4, 2020.