COVID-19 vaccine

With the end of the COVID-19 public health emergency arriving on Thursday, many people may be wondering how life will change. The answer, top Massachusetts health officials said Tuesday as they discussed what to expect, is that this next phase of the pandemic may feel a lot like it has for some time now. “This is not the end of…

U.S. regulators on Tuesday cleared another booster dose of the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccines for older Americans and people with weak immune systems.

Tiffany Cross, a nurse who fainted after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine, became an anti-vaccine icon. Now she’s fighting back.

Under the Affordable Care Act, most Americans would still get their Covid shots for free once the vaccine program goes commercial.

Here’s a look at what will stay and what will go once the emergency order is lifted.

An appeals court has affirmed a ban in three states on enforcing a federal vaccine mandate for workers who contract with the federal government.

Even before he was carried off the field, posts amassing millions of views began circulating online claiming without evidence that complications from COVID-19 vaccines caused his health emergency.

Concern is growing amid an uptick in COVID-19 cases. According to the CDC, the XBB subvariant accounts for more than half of all cases in New England. It is emerging while a lot of families are off enjoying holiday vacation, so many of them have started taking precautions. The Boston Children’s Museum is experiencing one of the busiest weeks...

U.S. military forces around the world will no longer be required to get the COVID-19 vaccine.

Not to be confused with people who have not yet caught COVID-19, researchers believe the section of the population that are naturally immune to the virus (never-coviders) won’t ever get sick.

White House’s Covid-19 coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha said families will be safer at upcoming holiday gatherings if they get their updated vaccines.

People receiving initial or booster doses of the COVID-19 vaccine Thursday at a clinic in Cambridge, Massachusetts, also got some money ahead of the holidays. There was a long line at CambridgeSide Thursday night as people waited for the vaccine and the $75 that came with it. “I wanted a COVID booster, and I also wanted a $75 gift card,”…

The Baker administration has offered jobs back to “a small number” of former state employees who had been among a narrow minority of executive branch workers out of compliance with a COVID-19 vaccine mandate, officials said Tuesday. A spokesperson for Gov. Charlie Baker confirmed the administration “has recently been able to accommodate a small number of positions who previously were…

President Joe Biden rolled up his sleeve and got his updated COVID-19 booster shot Tuesday, as he urged millions of people who have yet to be boosted to do so by Halloween, if possible, so they can gather safely with family and friends this holiday season. “Get vaccinated,” he said, noting that it’s free. “Not enough people are getting...

An advisory committee to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted Thursday in favor of adding the COVID vaccine to the recommended immunization schedule.

Novavax’s Covid shots rely on protein technology used in other vaccines for decades, rather than the messenger RNA used in the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines.

Students attending classes at Harvard University early next year will be required to receive the new bivalent COVID-19 vaccine booster. All students who will be on campus from January onward and who do not have religious or medical exemptions must have received the new booster, which targets the omicron variant and its subvariants. The announcement was made Monday by Dr….

A change in menstrual cycle length of eight days or less is considered within the normal range of variation, according to NIH.

Wondering if you should get your omicron-specific booster and flu shot at the same time? Experts weigh in.

Families lined up to get their COVID-19 vaccines at White Stadium in Boston on Saturday as children begin school for the year. Teachers and children ages 6 months and older who received the vaccine also walked away with a $75 gift card. The event, part of the Boston Public Health Commission and CIC Health’s B Healthy back to school campaign,…