The updated guidance prioritizes older adults, high-risk individuals, and those who have never been vaccinated.

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Between 2022 and 2024, covid-19 killed roughly 100,000 Americans annually, new research by CDC scientists shows.

A new policy announced by the Trump administration may limit which Americans can get a COVID booster when respiratory virus ...

Up-to-date vaccination remains the most effective way to prevent severe COVID-19 illness, new research from the World Health ...

The signs already are up at Florida pharmacies: Get your flu shot. But should you? What about the new COVID booster approved by the Food & Drug Administration last week? Is it worth getting? At the ...

On the treatment side, more people with COVID should receive outpatient antiviral therapies that prevent hospitalization and ...

Next month marks the countdown toward flu season, and it’s also typically when many have gotten a COVID booster, too. But with new guidance from new leadership on the federal level, things have ...

Most Americans in a new poll said they probably won’t get an updated COVID-19 vaccine. The Pew Research Center survey found 60 percent said they are “probably not” going to “get an updated vaccine.” ...

The holiday season may be over, but cold and flu season has just started. Hospitalizations for seasonal respiratory illnesses ...

The FDA and CDC recommended Pfizer booster shots for some groups, including elderly people, this week.

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention strengthened recommendations for booster doses of coronavirus vaccine Monday, saying all adults should get boosted six months after the second dose of ...