COVID-19 Vaccine

The coronavirus pandemic has led to a cornucopia of potential COVID-19 vaccine options — and an infodemic of misinformation. Snopes is here to keep the facts straight.

FDA Clears COVID Booster Shot for Healthy Kids Ages 5 to 11

17 May 2022

U.S. regulators authorized a COVID-19 booster shot for healthy 5- to 11-year-olds, hoping an extra...

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No, Military Didn’t Find Pesticides in Moderna Vaccines

13 May 2022

Is it "satire," or gaslighting the public with potentially dangerous medical misinformation? You be the...

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Was VP of Pfizer Arrested After Document Dump?

7 May 2022

In less than 24 hours, a fabricated claim from a self-described "satire" website was copied...

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No, New Pfizer Docs Don’t Show That Vaccines Are Unsafe During Pregnancy

6 May 2022

These so-called "Pfizer Docs" have been a source of several false claims.

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Nathan Lambrecht is photographed next to a picture of his father, Doug Lambrecht, at his apartment in Woodinville, Wash., Monday, March 21, 2022. The 71-year-old retired physician was among the first of the nearly 1 million Americans to die from COVID-19. "I'm afraid that as the numbers get bigger, people are going to care less and less," Nathan said. "I just hope people who didn't know them and didn't have the same sort of loss in their lives due to COVID, I just hope that they don't forget and they remember to care." (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Nearly 1 Million COVID-19 Deaths: A Look at the US Numbers

6 May 2022

Three out of every four deaths were people 65 and older, according to U.S. data.

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FILE - Vials of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine are seen at a pharmacy in Denver on Saturday, March 6, 2021. On Thursday, May 5, 2022, U.S. regulators strictly limited who can receive this vaccine due to a rare but serious risk of blood clots. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

FDA Restricts J&J’S COVID-19 Vaccine Due to Blood Clot Risk

5 May 2022

U.S. regulators on Thursday strictly limited who can receive Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine due...

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FILE - A health worker administers a dose of a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine during a vaccination clinic in Norristown, Pa., Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021. Moderna on Thursday, April 28, 2022, asked U.S. regulators to authorize low doses of its COVID-19 vaccine for children younger than 6, a long-awaited move toward potentially opening shots for millions of tots by summer.(AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Moderna Seeks to Be 1st with COVID Shots for Littlest Kids

28 April 2022

Moderna asked U.S. regulators to authorize low doses of its COVID-19 vaccine for children younger...

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FILE - Vice President Kamala Harris meets with Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan in Harris' ceremonial office in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on the White House campus, April 15, 2022, in Washington. Harris tested positive for COVID-19 on Tuesday, the White House announced, underscoring the persistence of the highly contagious virus even as the U.S. eases restrictions in a bid to revert to pre-pandemic normalcy. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

Harris Positive for COVID-19, Biden Not ‘Close Contact’

26 April 2022

The White House said that Harris tested positive on both rapid and a PCR tests,...

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FILE - A sign advising visitors to don face coverings stands outside the main entrance to UCHealth University of Colorado hospital Friday, April 1, 2022, in Aurora, Colo. COVID cases are starting to rise again in the United States, with numbers up in most states and up steeply in several. One expert says he expects more of a “bump” than the monstrous surge of the first omicron wave, but another says it’s unclear how high the curve will rise and it may be more like a hill. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

It’s Not Over: COVID-19 Cases Are on the Rise Again in US

15 April 2022

Yet again, the U.S. is trudging into what could be another COVID-19 surge, with cases...

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Did Trump Say ‘Some People Say My Greatest Achievement’ Was Developing COVID-19 Vaccine?

6 April 2022

The former president dabbled in both COVID-19 skepticism and taking credit for the vaccine.

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File-File photo shows a 87-year-old man getting his booster shot at the vaccination center in Frankfurt, Germany, Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021. A-60-year-old man allegedly had himself vaccinated against Covid-19 dozens of times in Germany in order to sell forged vaccination cards with real vaccine batch numbers. (AP Photo/Michael Probst,file)

Man in Germany Gets 90 COVID-19 Shots to Sell Forged Passes

4 April 2022

A 60-year-old man allegedly had himself vaccinated against COVID-19 dozens of times in Germany in...

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FILE - Vials for the Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines are seen at a temporary clinic in Exeter, N.H. on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021. The Food and Drug Administration has authorized another booster dose of the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for people age 50 and up, Tuesday, March 29, 2022. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

FDA OKs Another Pfizer, Moderna COVID Booster for 50 and Up

29 March 2022

U.S. regulators authorized another COVID-19 booster for people age 50 and older, a step to...

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