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Don’t want to carry about your physical vaccine card? Here’s how to add it to your iPhone.

Currently, only children ages 5 or older can be vaccinated in the U.S., using rival Pfizer’s vaccine, leaving 18 million younger kids unprotected.

Currently, only children ages 5 or older can be vaccinated in the U.S., using rival Pfizer’s vaccine, leaving 18 million younger tots unprotected.

COVID-19 vaccines still offer strong protection against severe illness and death, but Moderna and Pfizer are testing combination shots as a possible new kind of booster

Federal regulators have approved a second booster shot of the COVID vaccine, for certain groups, so who is now eligible and what can you expect with the fourth dose? Here’s a breakdown of what we know so far.

A top vaccine expert is calling for further research into tinnitus after he developed the possible side effect following his second dose of the MRNA COVID-19 vaccine. Gregory Poland, MD, is the director of the Mayo Clinic’s Vaccine Research Group in Minnesota. While he remains an advocate for vaccines, he said he wants a better understanding of why he...

The request comes two days after Pfizer asked the Food and Drug Administration to authorize a second booster shot for adults 65 and older.

Almost exactly two years to the day that the coronavirus pandemic was declared an emergency in Massachusetts, the state’s top public health officer painted a brightening picture of the pandemic Wednesday and said she is optimistic about the state’s response. “With vaccines and boosters and new COVID-19 therapeutic treatments, we are in a much better place than we were...

The city of Boston is appealing a Massachusetts Appeals Court judge’s decision to block the city’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate for employees, which comes in response to a lawsuit brought by unions representing first responders. Mayor Michelle Wu’s mandate, announced in December, requires the city’s 20,000 employees to be vaccinated and was originally set to take effect on Jan. 15,...

Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic says that despite weeks away from competition and emotional distress over his recent detention and deportation, he feels he’s at his “peak” as he returns to tour.

The Boston Police Superior Officer Federation, the Boston Police Detectives Benevolent Society and the Boston Firefighters Union Local 718 are suing the city over the vaccine mandate for city workers

A Massachusetts Appeals Court judge has blocked Boston’s vaccine mandate for city employees for now in response to a lawsuit brought by unions representing first responders. Mayor Michelle Wu’s mandate, announced in December, requires the city’s 20,000 employees to be vaccinated and was originally set to take effect on Jan. 15, 2022. There has been an ongoing back and forth…

The new guidance loosens recommendations for those who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

The Massachusetts Department of Public Health is updating its face mask guidelines for those who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

The city of Boston will allow unvaccinated teachers to continue working if they submit proof of two negative COVID-19 screening tests per week during periods of lower virus transmission

Boston will have to see certain metrics involving COVID-19 hospitalizations and positivity rate before city officials consider dropping vaccine requirements

It could still be months before kids under 5 get a COVID-19 vaccine, as Pfizer had another setback with its clinical trial in kids 6 months to 5 years old

Vaccination against COVID-19 would be either outlawed or encouraged under competing bills heard by a Senate committee Thursday. The Senate Health and Human Services Committee held a public hearing on a bill that would prohibit K-12 schools or day care centers from requiring children to get the COVID-19 vaccine. It also took up a bill that would require health insurance…

The town of Brookline, Massachusetts, will require proof of vaccination against COVID-19 at certain businesses beginning this weekend.

The town of Brookline, Massachusetts, will require proof of vaccination against COVID-19 at certain businesses beginning this weekend. Interim Health Commissioner Pat Maloney announced Tuesday that patrons at restaurants, gyms and entertainment venues would have to provide proof that they have been vaccinated. He said the order has the support of the Select Board and the Advisory Council on Public…