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President-elect Joe Biden’s goal of vaccinating 100 million Americans during his first 100 days in office got a seal of approval from the country’s top infectious disease expert on Sunday. “The feasibility of his goal is absolutely clear, there’s no doubt about it,” Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” He also voiced approval for steps Biden has outlined. The president-elect promised Friday to boost vaccine production and distribution as the coronavirus outbreak continues to rage. “What the president-elect is ......

NEW YORK — Mayor Bill de Blasio made a bold New Year’s resolution. The city is aiming to have 1 million New Yorkers vaccinated for COVID by the end of January, de Blasio announced Thursday. “This is going to be a massive effort. This is going to be part of the largest single vaccination effort in the history of New York City. It’s going to take a lot of work,” he said at his morning news briefing. “We’re making clear to the whole world we can achieve a million vaccinations in January.” To move the vaccination effort into “overdrive,” de Blasio said the city would launch new vaccine hubs, offer......

SAN JOSE, Calif. — A day after injection with the new COVID-19 vaccine, Tricia Potocki feels one major side effect: relief. A respiratory therapist at John Muir Health at high risk of viral exposure, she decorated her Danville house for the holidays after returning home Wednesday from receiving her shot. On Thursday, she worked out on her elliptical trainer. “I feel perfectly normal,” said Potocki, who for months has worried about accidentally infecting her husband, who is older and medically vulnerable. “I see the end of this long, dark tunnel. I’m so happy.” As the first vaccine from Pfizer ......