Moderna asks FDA to authorize omicron Covid boosters for children as young as 6 years old
Following CDC approval for vaccination of children aged 6 months to 5 years, 4 year-old Eleanor Kahn sits with her...
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Two New Jersey companies fined for selling pesticides as COVID-19 killers
Regulators have fined two New Jersey companies a total of $325,000 over false claims that a pesticide spray can prevent...
Why Biden’s premature COVID ending could help it surge
This week, President Biden said what millions of Americans have been hoping to hear since the spring of 2020: “The pandemic is...
Opinion | The Next Pandemic Could Be Worse than Covid. We’re Unprepared.
The global Covid-19 response has centered around our best defense: vaccines. | Alexander Joe/AP Opinion by Seth Berkley 09/23/2022 12:33...
Data show just 4.4 million Americans have had the new COVID booster, but experts expect accelerating demand in the coming weeks
The first tallies for the new bivalent booster are out, with some 4.4 million people in the U.S. having received...
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‘Blood on your hands’ if world steps back on tackling COVID now, WHO official says
Bruce Aylward, Senior Advisor to the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), speaks during a news conference in Geneva,...
Thailand downgrades COVID-19 threat, lifts emergency decree
BANGKOK (AP) — Thailand’s government will lift an emergency decree it imposed in March 2020 to battle the coronavirus, officials...
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Texas counties likely give bonuses for COVID work without public hearing
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Scientists Find a New Coronavirus in Bats That Is Resistant to Current Vaccines
It’s the news that public health experts expect but dread: virus-hunting researchers have discovered a new coronavirus in bats that...
California ends COVID test mandate for unvaccinated workers
California has rescinded coronavirus testing requirements for unvaccinated workers at schools, healthcare facilities and other congregate settings, the latest rule...