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NY health officials said on Wednesday that due to the changing landscape of the COVID-19 pandemic and evolving vaccine recommendations, the state has begun the process of repealing the vaccine requirement for workers at health care facilities.

SUNY officials have lifted the COVID-19 vaccine mandate for students. SUNY Chancellor John King says the decision is more reflective of the current state of COVID-19.

The country’s COVID-19 vaccine strategy could be getting an overhaul. An FDA panel met Thursday and recommended a proposal that would make getting a COVID-19 shot an annual event.

Tweaked boosters rolled out for Americans 12 and older last month, modified to target today's most common and contagious variant. The latest move may expand protection before an expected winter wave.

The Food and Drug Administration is planning to authorize a new generation of COVID-19 boosters this week that for the first time will target the omicron variant.

Adults who haven't gotten any COVID-19 shots should consider the new option, the agency said Tuesday. The spike protein vaccine is more typical than the mRNA types being broadly used against COVID.

Pediatric infectious disease specialist Dr. Jana Shaw discusses the COVID-19 vaccine for children 6 months to 5 years of age. Psychiatrist Sunny Aslam gives advice for placing sports bets without developing a gambling addiction. Upstate's Clark Burn Center program manager Tamara Roberts provides fireworks and other summer safety tips. And chief of geriatrics, Dr. Sharon Brangman explains how, and when, to take the car keys from an aging parent.

A pediatric infectious disease specialist from Upstate Golisano Children’s Hospital says vaccines for the 6-month to 5-year-old age group have gone through extensive clinical trials.

NPR talks to Claire Hannan, who has helped navigate vaccine rollouts in all 50 states, about some of the challenges involved in quickly getting shots out to millions of young kids.

The vaccinations for children as young as 6 months old could start next week. But first, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must sign off.