Allergies
A gluten free section at Porchlight Community Service food pantry is seen Thursday, May 6, 2021, in San Diego. For millions of Americans with food allergies or intolerances, the pandemic has created a particular crisis: Most food banks and government programs offer limited options. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Food allergies complicate hungry Americans' search for meals

By Kathleen Ronayne Jun. 10, 2021 10:12 AM EDT

A health worker administers a dose of the AstraZeneca vaccine against COVID-19 to a patient inside the convention center known as "La Nuvola", The Cloud, in Rome, Wednesday, March 10, 2021. The visually extraordinary complex designed by famed architect Massimiliano Fuksas has been transformed into a temporary vaccination center. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
Germany, others stick with AstraZeneca vaccine as some pause

By Frank Jordans Mar. 12, 2021 06:04 AM EST

How do we know the COVID-19 vaccines are safe? (AP Illustration/Peter Hamlin)
How do we know the COVID-19 vaccines are safe?

By Lauran Neergaard Feb. 18, 2021 03:03 AM EST

A patient is loaded onto an ambulance outside of the emergency entrance to PIH Health Good Samaritan Hospital Tuesday, Jan. 5, 2021, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)
VIRUS TODAY: Governors press for faster virus vaccinations

By The Associated Press Jan. 06, 2021 03:18 PM EST

Health care worker has allergic reaction to COVID-19 vaccine

Jan. 01, 2021 11:25 AM EST
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A health care worker in Oregon was hospitalized after having a severe allergic reaction to the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, according to the...

Nurses and medical staff make their way through the seventh floor COVID-19 unit at East Alabama Medical Center Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020, in Opelika, Ala. COVID-19 patients occupy most of the beds in ICU in addition to the non-critical patients on the seventh floor. (AP Photo/Julie Bennett)
Severe allergic reaction to COVID-19 vaccine reported

Dec. 23, 2020 05:28 PM EST

Mayor Bill de Blasio delivers remarks ahead of the first COVID-19 vaccinations at NYU-Langone Hospital on Monday, Dec. 14, 2020, in New York. Hundreds of thousands of health care workers across the country are expected to receive the vaccine this week. (AP Photo/Kevin Hagen).
NYC mayor: Sheriff to enforce quarantine for UK travelers

By Michael R. Sisak And Marina Villeneuve Dec. 23, 2020 11:28 AM EST

A person enters the European Medicines Agency in Amsterdam, Netherlands, Monday, Dec. 21, 2020, where the EMA's human medicines committee is holding an exceptional, fully virtual, meeting to conclude the evaluation of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. (AP Photo/Peter Dejong)
EU greenlights COVID-19 vaccine after agency gives safety OK

By Frank Jordans And Lorne Cook Dec. 21, 2020 03:41 AM EST

Fairbanks health system reports vaccine reaction in employee

By Becky Bohrer Dec. 18, 2020 06:44 PM EST
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — A female clinician not known to have allergies had a probable severe allergic reaction shortly after getting a COVID-19 vaccine, a...

People check in at a food bank held at Los Angeles Boys & Girls Club in the Lincoln Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. "This neighborhood is hard hit by COVID-19. Our families work in service industry jobs," said Carlyn Oropez, director of operations at the facility. "Most of the people here have had reduction in hours, reduction in pay, or have lost their jobs. They are coming here for help with basic needs." (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
US clears Moderna vaccine for COVID-19, 2nd shot in arsenal

By Lauran Neergaard And Matthew Perrone Dec. 18, 2020 12:22 PM EST

Catalina Gonzalez-Marques, an emergency medical physician, receives the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine at Brigham and Women's Hospital, Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2020, in Boston. (Brian Snyder/Pool via AP)
Health officials track safety as COVID-19 vaccines roll out

By Lauran Neergaard Dec. 16, 2020 04:41 PM EST

Juneau healthcare worker has adverse reaction to vaccine

By Becky Bohrer Dec. 16, 2020 03:23 PM EST
JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Health officials in Alaska reported Wednesday that a health care worker had a severe allergic reaction to a COVID-19 vaccine within 10...

Sarita Reyes works on her school assignments on an iPad at her mother's shop, Pinata Time, on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020, in San Antonio, Texas. With Fiesta canceled, children’s birthday parties called off and government officials pleading with residents to stay home during normally festive holidays, the pandemic presented a noxious brew for “piñateros” in town. (Billy Calzada/The San Antonio Express-News via AP)
The Latest: Alaska reports 2nd adverse reaction to vaccine

The Associated Press Dec. 16, 2020 01:44 AM EST

Robert Luckey, COVID ICU Nurse, receives the hospital's first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for COVID-19 at Memorial Hermann Hospital in the Texas Medical Center Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020 in Houston. Front line workers at Memorial Hermann were some of the first to receive the recently approved vaccine. The Pfizer vaccine was almost 95 percent effective at preventing patients from contracting COVID-19 and caused no major side effects in a trial of nearly 44,000 people. (Brett Coomer/Houston Chronicle via AP)
US vaccinations ramp up as 2nd COVID-19 shot nears

By Matthew Perrone, Lauran Neergaard And David Porter Dec. 15, 2020 12:13 AM EST

Dry ice is poured into a box containing the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine as it is prepared to be shipped at the Pfizer Global Supply Kalamazoo manufacturing plant in Portage, Mich., Sunday, Dec. 13, 2020. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, Pool)
After 110K virus deaths, nursing homes face vaccine fears

By Bernard Condon And Matt Sedensky Dec. 14, 2020 01:05 AM EST

The Pfizer Global Supply Kalamazoo manufacturing plant is shown in Portage, Mich., Saturday, Dec. 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)
States will start getting COVID-19 vaccine Monday, US says

By Matthew Perrone, Mike Stobbe And Mark Scolforo Dec. 11, 2020 09:30 PM EST

A pharmacist passes syringes from a clean room into the main pharmacy, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020 at Mount Sinai Queens hospital in New York. The hospital expects to receive doses once a vaccine gets the emergency green light by U.S. regulators. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
US panel endorses widespread use of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine

By Lauran Neergaard And Matthew Perrone Dec. 10, 2020 12:56 AM EST

A nurse prepares a shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at Guy's Hospital in London, Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020, as the U.K. health authorities rolled out a national mass vaccination program. U.K. regulators said Wednesday Dec. 9, 2020, that people who have a “significant history’’ of allergic reactions shouldn’t receive the new Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine while they investigate two adverse reactions that occurred on the first day of the country’s mass vaccination program. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, Pool)
EXPLAINER: Allergic reactions to vaccines rare, short-lived

By The Associated Press Dec. 09, 2020 12:52 PM EST

Canada's Deputy Chief Public Health Officer Howard Njoo speaks during a COVID-19 vaccine-related news conference in Ottawa, Wednesday, Dec. 9, 2020. (Adrian Wyld/The Canadian Press via AP)
Canada health regulator approves Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine

By Rob Gillies Dec. 09, 2020 11:16 AM EST

UK regulators say people with a history of serious allergic reactions shouldn't get Pfizer's COVID-19 shot

Dec. 09, 2020 06:02 AM EST
LONDON (AP) — UK regulators say people with a history of serious allergic reactions shouldn't get Pfizer's COVID-19 shot. ...