"In deliberations over whether to recommend Covid vaccines for young children, scientific advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Evaluation on Friday wrestled with the complexities of evaluating two very different vaccines, and _...Read More_

"Scientific advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted unanimously on Saturday to recommend Covid vaccines for children under age 5, the last group of Americans to qualify for the shots, except for infants younger than _...Read More_

>"The scientists are expected to vote on Saturday. If endorsed, as expected, children’s vaccines could be available as soon as Tuesday."

"Scientific advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday recommended a booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for children ages 5 to 11."

>"A third dose would enhance immunity to the coronavirus, the agency said. But hesitancy is high, and less than one-third of children in this age group have _...Read More_

"It's hard to overstate the disruptive impact the pandemic has had on people.Its effect on mental health is a big one, and for teenagers, that hit particularly hard."

"The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its international covid-19 travel advisory system Monday, designating its highest-risk category for extreme scenarios."

"Despite great pressure from airlines, the hospitality industry and Republican lawmakers to lift the rule requiring masks on planes and trains, in airports and on some buses, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said it would _...Read More_

"Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky announced plans Monday to revamp the agency that has come under blistering criticism for its performance leading the U.S. response to the coronavirus pandemic, saying, _...Read More_

"As Covid-19 cases continue to fall in the United States, cases of another virus are rebounding to pre-pandemic levels. Outbreaks of norovirus, the bug responsible for the dreaded stomach flu, have been on the rise since January, according _...Read More_

"People in the age group can get the additional shot at least four months after their first booster. Those 12 and older with certain immune deficiencies _...Read More_

"The change is to take effect in late May, according to people familiar with the planning, and should restore the right of migrants to request asylum once they cross the border into the United States."

"The nearly 17 million Americans who received the one-shot Johnson & Johnson coronavirus vaccine are less protected against serious illness and hospitalizations than those who got the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna shots, according to _...Read More_

" The Biden administration is planning to give Americans age 50 or older the option of a second booster of the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna coronavirus vaccine without recommending outright that they get one, according to several people _...Read More_

"Coronavirus vaccinations given during pregnancy might provide protection to babies after they are born, according to a study released Tuesday by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention."