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Pediatricians and pharmacies across the US are ready to administer Covid-19 vaccines for 12- to 15-year-olds, a development the US Food and Drug Administration predicts could begin in some places Tuesday — and may begin more broadly Thursday. In what President Joe Biden called a “promising development,” the FDA expanded the emergency use authorization (EUA)

While the pace of Covid-19 vaccinations may be slowing in the US, experts are optimistic about where the country will be in just a matter of weeks. “This summer is going to seem so much closer to normal than we’ve had in a very long time,” Dr. Jonathan Reiner, professor of medicine and surgery at

The biotechnology company Novavax now plans to apply for emergency use authorization of its Covid-19 vaccine in the US in the third quarter of this year, CEO Stanley Erck told CNN in a phone interview on Monday. The American biotech firm previously announced plans to apply in the second quarter, but a delay in getting

With Covid-19 vaccinations on the horizon for children ages 12 to 15 in the United States, pediatricians are concerned about the challenge of getting children up to date on their childhood vaccines, and balancing that with scheduling potential Covid-19 shots. The US Food and Drug Administration authorized use of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine in 12-15-year-olds on

When Alexandra Leighton set out to get her Covid-19 vaccine, she found herself pleasantly surprised. Leighton, who produces television commercials, found she could get any of the three Covid-19 vaccines — Pfizer, Moderna or Johnson & Johnson — within a reasonable drive from her Miami home. “At the beginning it was horrible — you wanted

It’s the claim that’s suddenly everywhere: The Covid-19 vaccine is going to make women infertile. “No! You don’t know the science!” one woman posted on Twitter in response to naysayers. “The vaccine creates an immune response to the placenta and renders a woman sterile! They know this and this is the objective! It’s a shifty

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said this week it had designated a coronavirus variant first seen in India as a “variant of interest,” adding it to the growing collection of viral variants it’s keeping an eye on. Vaccine makers are so worried about the chance new variants will escape the protection offered

They had the artsy, rustic venue, the tailored dress and a guest list including about 150 of their closest friends and family. But the pandemic had other plans, forcing Carly Chalmers and Mitchell Gauvin to make a difficult decision about their wedding — twice. “Everything was changing,” said Chalmers, a Toronto-based marketing manager whose nuptials

Lupus is unpredictable, triggering different symptoms in different patients. A chronic illness, it can even attack many different parts of the body. The condition is an autoimmune disease, which means that a person’s immune system—the body system that usually fights infections—attacks healthy tissue instead. It can cause inflammation and pain anywhere in a patient’s body.

Dr. Anthony Fauci says federal guidance on wearing face coverings indoors may change soon. Sunday on ABC News, Fauci was asked whether it’s time to start relaxing indoor masks requirements. Fauci replied, “I think so, and I think you’re going to probably be seeing that as we go along, and as more people get vaccinated.”

Let’s face it, masks have been a hot button issue in this country since the very start of the pandemic. They were politicized early on, and quickly became a symbol of how seriously a person took the threat of the coronavirus. In our new world, where there’s now a highly effective way to prevent the

The US has an opportunity to get ahead in the Covid-19 pandemic by getting more people vaccinated — and three key things can help address ongoing concerns, one expert says. “People were worried about safety, we now have hundreds of millions of doses out there, so we have great data on safety,” emergency medical physician

Anna Malaika Tubbs learned she was pregnant with her first child in November 2019 while researching her first book. Already, her relationship with the stories she was uncovering about Alberta King, Louise Little and Emma Berdis Baldwin had been intensifying, the more she learned about their revolutionary role in the fight for Black equality, respect

The seven-day average of Covid-19 vaccines administered in the United States has dipped below 2 million per day for the first time since early March — a sign of the continued decline in demand for coronavirus immunizations. According to data published Saturday by the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the seven-day average of

As experts grow concerned about a possible Covid-19 surge in the winter, the director of the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention acknowledged it’s still possible seasonal vaccine boosters will be necessary. “We want to hope for the best, and prepare for the worst,” CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky told actress Jennifer Garner in

Kelly and Kimberly Standard are identical twins. But their individual experiences with the coronavirus were anything but identical. It started in the spring of 2020, when the 35-year-old sisters went to the emergency room together after experiencing fever and shortness of breath that hadn’t gotten better after a few days. Kelly, who was working several