FDA tells vaccine makers to update boosters to target omicron subvariants
Jun 30, 2022
Pfizer and Moderna are expected to start producing reformulated doses this summer.
OSHA vaccination-and-testing mandate cases now moot, appeals court says
By
Kathleen Steele Gaivin
Feb 23, 2022
A federal appeals court ruled Friday that all cases challenging the Occupational Safety and Health Administration’s vaccine-or test mandate are now moot, as OSHA withdrew on January 26, the emergency...
Biden pushes vaccines, masks as best defense against omicron variant
Nov 29, 2021
News reports out of South Africa noted that COVID-19 cases from omicron have resulted in mostly mild symptoms.
Pfizer set to ask FDA to approve booster for those 18 and older
Nov 09, 2021
Peter Chin-Hong, M.D., an infectious-disease physician at the University of California, San Francisco, said there is “some value” in young people getting a booster to protect older relatives...
New U.S. COVID-19 vaccinations climb for the longest stretch in months
Nov 05, 2021
At least some of the recent surge in first doses also could be from incorrectly reported booster shots, however.
Half of American workers support COVID-19 vaccination, mask mandates in workplace
Aug 27, 2021
The poll was conducted before the FDA granted full approval to the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine.
Most Americans who wanted COVID-19 vaccine have already gotten one
Jun 30, 2021
Only 3% of those who have not been vaccinated said they plan to do so as soon as they can.
COVID-19 vaccination more likely with provider recommendation
Dec 16, 2021
Adults who receive a provider recommendation for COVID-19 vaccination are more likely to have received one or more doses of COVID-19 vaccine, according to research published in the Dec. 17 issue of the...
Court temporarily blocks Biden’s vaccine mandate for big businesses
Nov 08, 2021
Lawsuit questions whether the federal government exceeded its authority in issuing the rule
Home care, get on board the vaccine mandate bus
By
Liza Berger
Jul 30, 2021
To require vaccinations or to not require vaccinations. That, to paraphrase William Shakespeare, is the question.