Coronavirus Vaccine

Researchers at MIT are working to give people an option for an inhalable coronavirus vaccine, particularly if they're not a fan of needles. This vaccine may even prove to be more effective.

Another shipment of Johnson and Johnson vaccines has arrived in Florida. Governor Ron DeSantis was on hand for this delivery. He says the shipment of 42,000 doses could be the last one we see for the next few weeks because the company is dealing with supply issues.

A surprising new analysis found that states such as South Carolina and Florida that raced ahead of others to offer the vaccine to ever-larger groups of people have vaccinated smaller shares of their population than those that moved more slowly and methodically, such as Hawaii and Connecticut.

Orange County is the only one in Florida allowing anyone 40 and older to sign up for the coronavirus vaccine. Officials said 7,000 vaccine appointments were booked in just 13 minutes on Monday, when the spots opened.

It may become more difficult to track down a Johnson and Johnson vaccine in Florida. Governor DeSantis says new shipments are not expected anytime soon. While Orlando's FEMA site is out of the Johnson and Johnson vaccine, they are still offering Pfizer, and on Wednesday, 450 vaccines were leftover.

About 4.5 million people in Florida have gotten at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine so far. However, only a fraction of those numbers include Hispanics. Data shows about half-a-million Hispanics have actually been vaccinated.

Nearly 4.5 million people across Florida have now been at least partially vaccinated for COVID-19 and that includes 76,000 people who have received the one-dose Johnson and Johnson vaccine. But there are new concerns that the one-shot wonder may not be available again in Florida for a while.

Coronavirus vaccination efforts are now focusing on the youngest Americans as Moderna takes another step toward getting children vaccinated.

President Joe Biden is rushing to make vaccines available to more Americans, hoping to get shots into your arm by May 1, but in Florida, you could get it even sooner than that.