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The CDC is adjusting some of its COVID-19 rules for the cruise ship industry. The agency no longer warns against taking a cruise.
The date for the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to review Moderna’ Inc’s emergency authorization request to administer the Covid-19 vaccine…
The Biden administration is continuing the Covid-19 public health emergency declaration beyond July 15. Find out more on that and the rest of today's COVID-19 news here.
According to the Kaiser Family Foundation's Vaccine Monitor survey, published Wednesday, only 18% of parents of children under 5 said they would vaccinate their child against Covid-19 as soon as a vaccine was available. Get that and more COVID news here:
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Pfizer says new data shows healthy 5- to 11-year-olds could benefit from another kid-sized shot.
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Advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration are scheduled to meet Wednesday to get a clearer picture of what the future of Covid-19 booster shots might look like.
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LOS ANGELES — Coronavirus cases are on the upswing worldwide, prompting some officials to warn that California could see increases this spring because of the omicron subvariant BA.2 even though cases so far have been modest. The World Health Organization has recorded the first week-over-week increase in global coronavirus cases since late January, with cases rising 8% compared with the ...
The US public and even some health experts may have underestimated the Covid-19 vaccine made by Janssen, a division of Johnson & Johnson, new data shows. And there's emerging evidence that it could still play an important role ahead.
To many parents' dismay, a new report from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that the Covid-19 vaccine is less effective against the Omicron variant for children ages 5 to 11 than for older children and adults. Two doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine reduced the risk of Omicron infection by 31% among children 5 to 11 years old, compared with 59% among those 12 to 15.
Omicron is fading out just as quickly as it grew, but does this mean an end to the pandemic?
France is opening up its country to U.S. travelers who are fully vaccinated.
A small group of Chicago Public Schools employees is asking a judge to stop the district from enforcing its policy requiring staff members receive the COVID-19 vaccination or undergo weekly testing.
As states roll back masking requirements for students, a new study shows that masks helped cut Covid-19 infections in public K-12 schools that required them in the fall.
Chicago Public Schools will stop requiring face masks for staff and students in the nation's third-largest school district starting March 14, officials announced Monday.
Since Wednesday’s report, 17 people have been released from isolation and are considered recovered.
The McLean County Health Department reported one COVID-related death Wednesday, bringing the county’s total to 361 since the pandemic began.
Masks mandates ended in most of Chicago and Illinois Monday, but not in the state’s largest school district.
For many around the state, Monday’s planned end to the mask mandate brings a constellation of emotions.