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    U.S. Likely Will Miss Goal Of Vaccinating 20 Million By The New Year

    Leaders of the nation's federal vaccine effort, called Operation Warp Speed, said the U.S. has deployed around 14 million vaccine doses as of Wednesday with just 2.1 million Americans vaccinated.
    by Jaclyn Diaz Dec 31, 2020 2 minutes
    The U.S. is unlikely to meet its goal of vaccinating 20 million Americans by the end of the year, health officials said this week.

    Snowstorms, holidays and general inexperience in handling a pandemic response is to blame for a "lag" in the number of Americans so far vaccinated for the coronavirus, according to U.S. officials.

    The federal government previously estimated that 20 million Americans would receive the first dose of the Pfizer-BioNtech vaccine by the end of

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