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COVID-19 Vaccines Are Safe for People with Cancer, Researchers Say
More than 10 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccines have reportedly been administered across 184 countries. In the United States, more than 543 million…
Austria is the 1st Western democracy to require vaccines for most adults
Austria has become the first Western democracy to require vaccines for nearly all adults. Everyone who isn’t exempt will be…
Misinformation and access are big factors in parents’ vaccination decisions
Misinformation and access to care could sway a parent’s decision to get their newborn children vaccinated during the COVID-19 pandemic,…
There’s Good Reason to Be Optimistic About Omicron
Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve started to notice twinges of a feeling to which I have become unaccustomed….
From obscurity to a Nobel Prize nomination: Houston scientists acclaimed for their…
Two years ago, when a pair of Houston scientists first began crafting a cheap, easy-to-make COVID-19 vaccine, they had a…
Half the world is now fully vaccinated. But the global divide is…
About a year after wealthier nations began rolling out coronavirus vaccines, more than half the world’s population has been fully vaccinated…
Colorado children under 5 could be eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine by…
Colorado children under 5 years of age could be eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine as early as Presidents’ Day,…
Polio, Chickenpox, Measles, Now Covid. It’s Time to Consult History on School…
The rapid spread of omicron across the nation — and the finding that vaccines continue to provide strong protection against…
The Next Vaccine Debate: Immunize Young Children Now, or Wait?
The Food and Drug Administration’s upcoming review of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for young children is without precedent in recent…
Vaccine Hesitancy Has Seeped Into Home Health Care
There was the home health attendant who sucked her thumb before touching household items. And the one who brought her…
What a bottle of ivermectin reveals about the shadowy world of COVID…
Just before Christmas, a right-wing journalist named Ben Bergquam became seriously ill with COVID-19. “My Christmas gift was losing my…
Study indicates babies whose mothers got vaccinated during pregnancy can develop COVID-19…
Some babies whose mothers received an mRNA COVID-19 vaccine during pregnancy have been shown to develop virus-fighting antibodies by the…
J.&J. Pauses Production of Its Covid Vaccine Despite Persistent Need
Johnson & Johnson’s easy-to-deliver Covid-19 shot is the vaccine of choice for much of the developing world. Yet the American company,…
What Happened After the Chicken-Pox Vaccine?
Last summer, at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, an internal presentation on the coronavirus, which was leaked to the…
A universal vaccine to end COVID pandemics? It’s in the Army’s sights
Omicron, the latest variant of COVID-19, has led to a surge in cases and hospitalizations, raising talk of fourth booster shots and variant-specific vaccines….