Updated coronavirus vaccines may not be available until mid-September, and people who are not considered high risk may not be able to access them. Coronavirus infections are climbing again, marking another summer wave as children go back to school.

WHO, AMA, AAP and existing standards recommend that people who have never received a COVID-19 vaccine, are age 65 and older, are immunocompromised, live at a long-term care facility, are pregnant, breastfeeding, trying to get pregnant, and/or want to avoid getting long COVID-19, should get the vaccine, especially.

If you want a COVID-19 shot this fall, will your employer’s health insurance plan pay for it? There’s no clear answer.

COVID-19 vaccine proves cost-effective, especially for older adults, significantly reducing illness and hospitalizations across all age groups.

That advice runs counter to new federal guidance under U.S. Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., which no longer recommends COVID vaccines for healthy children of any age. Instead, the federal stance is that families may consider the shots after a conversation with their physician.

Developers Invivyd, Inc. are working on a plan with the FDA that will see their antibody-based product approved if it passes one more clinical trial.

About 1.7% of the state’s 63,000 kindergartners, or 1,075 kids, were exempted from required vaccinations for religious reasons during the 2024-2025 school year, continuing a steady increase of the last four years,