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Advocates are pushing Congress to provide more funding to prepare for future pandemics after preparedness money in President Biden's $1.75 trillion social spending and climate package was scaled back.
 

A new study compares the decline in effectiveness against infection of the three COVID-19 vaccine brands available in the U.S. The vaccines declined in effectiveness significantly after six months.
 

A new surge of Covid-19 cases is expected to start hitting the United States around Thanksgiving just as the holiday season begins, public health experts are warning.
 

COVID-19 booster shots are now available for certain fully vaccinated people after evidence revealed the initial series of shots — two doses for the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, and one dose for the Johnson & Johnson vaccine — appear less effective against the delta variant as protection wanes over time.
 

The U.S. says that it’s inviting the global community to visit now that the government has ended the ban on travelers from 33 countries.
 

Waves of Covid can give you an awful sense of déjà vu. As “Hot Vax Summer” gave way early to Delta-anxious fall, you could be forgiven for feeling a familiar sense of dread, not so different from what you’d felt before the dismal winter of 2020 or the Southern surge that took off that July.
 

A first COVID shot will give kids some protection, but none of them will be fully vaccinated until the beginning of December.
 

By January 4, all U.S. businesses with 100 or more employees will need to either instate a mandatory Covid vaccine policy or require that all unvaccinated employees wear a mask at work while getting tested for Covid regularly, according to a new Occupational Safety and Health Administration order on Thursday.
 

For many families, the approaching end-of-year holidays will mean not only navigating the return of crowded airports and packed roads, but also scheduling vaccinations for children 5 to 11 years old who are now eligible for coronavirus vaccine shots.
 

If you got a Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine for your initial series and specifically want the Moderna, get the half-dose.
 

Increased blood pressure, blood clots, myocarditis and heart attacks are all associated risks for the flu virus.
 

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s independent vaccine advisers will vote today on recommendations for administering the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine to kids ages 5 to 11.