covid-19 vaccine

The Food and Drug Administration expanded authorization of Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID vaccine to enable kids ages 5 to 11 who were vaccinated at least five months ago to get a third shot.

Politics, religion, distrust and disinformation all play a role. "I've realized that there's no convincing somebody once they have their mind made up," says a social worker in Beaumont, Texas.

The chance of dying after receiving the Janssen vaccine is about 1:2,000,000. But with multiple COVID-19 vaccines available, the FDA is limiting the use of the J&J vaccine.

The company says this version targets both the original coronavirus and the beta variant, and appears to provide broader and longer-lasting protection against different strains, including omicron.

New York will not enforce its mandate requiring health care workers to get COVID-19 boosters in light of concerns about staffing shortages, state health officials said Friday.

Getting a COVID-19 booster shot is no longer an option for health care workers in New York. But health care officials don’t think the booster order will be as controversial as the initial state vaccine mandate last fall.

The Supreme Court refused Monday to halt a COVID-19 vaccine requirement for health care workers in New York that does not offer an exemption for religious reasons.

When planning holiday get-togethers, doctors recommend assessing risk factors for COVID-19 and taking precautions to curb the spread of the virus.

Oswego County health officials say they’re seeing quite a sharp uptick in COVID-19 cases in children ages five to 11 compared to last year.