COVID-19 vaccination

One-third of Americans say they don’t need COVID-19, flu shots … People with “healthy” obesity have higher risk for dementia before age 60 … Study: More than 10% of stool tests for colon cancer...

By the end of 2022, 1 in 7 people in the United States said they had long COVID, a new study published in PLoS ONE on Thursday showed.  

What to know about the BA.2.86 variant of COVID-19 … Hot weather affects how some meds work … Lack of insurance could bump people in line for COVID-19 vaccines … More baby boomers are comfortable...

Vaccine advisers to the FDA on Thursday voted unanimously to recommend that new COVID-19 shots for fall tackle the highly prevalent XBB omicron subvariant of SARS-CoV-2.

Protection from COVID-19 vaccines declines more quickly in people with severe obesity, a new study has found. These patients will likely require more frequent shots to remain well protected, investigators...

Paxlovid offers 96% protection against hospitalization in high-risk patients who are incompletely vaccinated. It is also significantly protective in older adults who were vaccinated at least 6 months...

Vaccination coverage remains lower in socially vulnerable communities, contributing to relatively poor COVID-19 outcomes, investigators report.

A panel of experts on Thursday agreed that the bivalent COVID-19 vaccines should be used as both initial and booster shots, phasing out the original vaccines.

An effort to streamline the national COVID-19 vaccination approach and shift to single, annual shots for most people may have major implications for nursing home staff.

In an effort to streamline COVID-19 protection, older adults and others vulnerable to severe disease would receive two annual shots of an updated vaccine, according to a plan to be evaluated on Thursday...