COVID-19 boosters could save 90,000 lives this winter
Oct 06, 2022
Updated booster doses also could prevent more than 936,000 hospitalizations and save $56 billion in six months.
COVID-19 boosters targeted to latest variants could be ready after Labor Day
Aug 24, 2022
Both Moderna and Pfizer filed their applications for emergency use of their updated boosters this week.
Biden administration may stop buying COVID-19 vaccines, treatments by fall
Aug 17, 2022
Tests, vaccines and treatments would be provided through the regular healthcare system.
Biden administration may back second booster shots for all adults
Jul 12, 2022
Expanding eligibility requirements for a fourth dose of the vaccine would require regulatory approval.
New state rankings rate pandemic healthcare performance
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Jun 22, 2022
Health systems in Hawaii and Maine ranked the highest among the states as far as vaccination rates, capacity in hospital and intensive care units, and death rates throughout the COVID-19 pandemic, in new...
Biden administration to offer second COVID-19 boosters to those 50+
Mar 28, 2022
Although a second booster for older adults will be offered, federal health officials will not go so far as to recommend it.
Be ready as OSHA vows to ‘hold businesses accountable’ after Supreme Court halts COVID vaccine mandate
By
Lois A. Bowers
Jan 18, 2022
Breathing a sigh of relief after Thursday’s Supreme Court stay of a federal COVID-19 vaccine mandate for large employers? Not so fast, legal experts say.
CDC panel advises that other vaccines are preferred over J&J Shot
Dec 16, 2021
The ACIP voted unanimously on Thursday afternoon on ‘updated recommendations for use’ of the single-dose vaccine.
No sign Supreme Court will block COVID-19 vaccination mandates, legal expert say
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Dec 15, 2021
The U.S. Supreme Court declined Monday in a 6-3 ruling to hear a challenge to New York’s vaccine mandate for healthcare workers on religious grounds, and a legal expert says evidence is mounting that...