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Jill Holm-Denoma holds her son, Tyler, after he received a COVID shot in 2021 from nurse Emily Cole at National Jewish Health in Denver. After President Trump appointed anti-vaccine activist Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. to be Secretary of Health and Human Services, Colorado updated state laws to ensure continued access to the COVID shot and other vaccines. David Zalubowski/AP hide …

A child receives a measles, mumps and rubella vaccine earlier this year in Lubbock, Texas.Credit: Jan Sonnenmair/Getty Next week, the panel of top advisers who recommend how vaccines are used in the United States will meet to review jabs that protect against COVID-19, hepatitis B and other diseases. The meeting — the committee’s second since US health secretary and anti-vaccine …

Moderna Falls as Trump Officials Tie Child Deaths to Covid Shots  Bloomberg.com Trump officials to link covid shots to child deaths, alarming career scientists  The Washington Post F.D.A. Reviews Reports of Covid Vaccine Deaths  The New York Times Pfizer, Moderna shares fall on report that Trump officials will link child deaths to Covid shots  CNBC Drugmakers Fall on Report US to Claim Covid Shot …

Trump officials to link child deaths to covid shots, alarming career scientists  The Washington Post F.D.A. Reviews Cases of Covid Vaccine Deaths  The New York Times Sharyl Attkisson: Makary says FDA will study COVID vaccine effects on kids  Capital Gazette FDA Investigating Reports of Child Deaths After COVID Vaccination, Makary Says  MedPage Today HHS officials to pin 25 child deaths to COVID shots at …

Therese McRae with her daughter (left), Stephan Neidenbach (upper right, with his wife Jennifer, and their children) and Jason Mitton (lower right) all want the COVID vaccine and are having trouble getting it. Therese McRae; Stephan Neidenbach; and Jason Mitton hide caption toggle caption Therese McRae; Stephan Neidenbach; and Jason Mitton Jason Mitton wanted one of the new COVID-19 vaccines …

It was the late 1980s and the American plan to combat hepatitis B wasn’t working. A vaccine had been available since 1982 and recommended for those deemed to be at highest risk, such as health care workers and men who have sex with men. But the infection rates had gone up, not down. When epidemiologists at the Centers for Disease …

Amid shifting federal guidelines on Covid-19 vaccines, some pharmacies around Arlington are now offering the shots without requiring a prescription. Only days ago, all CVS locations in Virginia required a prescription for most patients to receive the latest version of the vaccine. That’s no longer the case, CVS spokesperson Amy Thibault told ARLnow today (Wednesday). Virginia is now among the …

Activists gather during a vigil in Lafayette Park for nurses who died during the COVID-19 pandemic on January 13, 2022, in Washington, DC. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images) BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP/Getty Images COVID-19 is no longer one of the top 10 causes of death in the …

New Jersey Is the Latest State to Expand Access to Updated Covid Shots  The New York Times New Jersey becomes latest state to expand access to COVID-19 vaccines  ABC News The Official Website of Governor Phil Murphy  NJ.gov New Jersey COVID vaccines: Department of Health issues directive allowing anyone 6 months and older to receive shots  ABC7 New York N.J. just made it easier …

Sign up for the Slatest to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Last week, U.S. senators spent three hours in a hearing room grappling with an urgent problem. The problem is that even though most Americans trust vaccines and feel safer when they and their families have access to them, the …