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

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

Health experts are reinforcing the point that full vaccination remains highly effective against severe illness and death caused by COVID-19 as federal regulators consider the possibility of ...

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

WASHINGTON -- With winter closing in and coronavirus case rates creeping up once again, White House chief medical adviser Dr. Anthony Fauci is warning that the vaccines' waning immunity combined with ...

This is a major update to a story that was first published earlier in September. It reflects what readers need to know after an important vaccine advisory panel met on Thursday and Friday. Getting a ...

WASHINGTON -- Moderna submitted its application to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for emergency use authorization of its updated COVID-19 vaccine booster for use in people age 18 and older, the ...

LOS ANGELES -- U.S. regulators issued new guidance this week shortening the time that people who received Moderna or Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine have to wait for a booster, and it's different than the ...