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Only 7% of adults have gotten the new COVID shots, US data show

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RSV vaccine recommended during pregnancy as a second option to protect newborns

The recommendation comes a month after the CDC recommended another option: lab-made antibodies given to infants younger than 8 months as way to prevent severe RSV.
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Americans can now get an updated COVID-19 vaccine

CDC advisers endorsed the new shots for everyone 6 months and older and the agency's director quickly signed off Tuesday on the panel's recommendation.
Vaccine

The CDC did not say a new COVID strain is not more contagious among vaccinated than unvaccinated people

Social media posts claim that the CDC said a new COVID subvariant is more contagious in vaccinated people than in unvaccinated people. That’s false.
Coronavirus

Next round of COVID-19 shots in fall will target latest omicron strain

The three U.S. companies that make COVID-19 shots said this week they had geared up to make the formula change to make millions of doses available this fall.
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US to lift most federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates next week

The move marks the latest display of how President Joe Biden’s administration is moving to treat COVID-19 as a routine, endemic illness.
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Appeals court blocks vaccine mandate for US government workers

The ruling from the full appeals court reverses an earlier ruling from a smaller three-judge panel that upheld the vaccine requirement.
Coronavirus

Starting Monday, the COVID vaccine mandate will be dropped in Seattle and King County

Starting Monday, proof of COVID-19 vaccination will no longer be required.
Coronavirus

California won't require COVID vaccine to attend schools

The Department of Public Health said it's not exploring emergency rules to add the COVID vaccine to the list of required school vaccinations.
Education

WSU lifting COVID vaccine requirement for some students

Vaccine requirements will remain unchanged for WSU's health science students.
Vaccine

US proposes once-a-year COVID shots for most Americans

The FDA will present data this week suggesting most Americans have enough protection against coronavirus to move to a once-a-year shots.
Vaccine

No, the COVID-19 vaccines can’t cause or create new variants

COVID-19 vaccines will slow the spread of the virus and do not cause or create the variants.