Vaccine Boosters Are Not Unusual: Dr. Leana Wen Explains Why
"Needing additional shots of a vaccine is not at all unusual. COVID-19 is a relatively new disease that's come about only in the last two years."
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"Needing additional shots of a vaccine is not at all unusual. COVID-19 is a relatively new disease that's come about only in the last two years."
A north Baltimore gym said it is the first in the city to require proof of vaccination against COVID-19.
Schools are just about to reopen, and mandates surrounding masks and vaccines are causing controversy.
State's top health officials are urging all employers to require covid vaccines.
After struggling for months to persuade Americans to get the COVID-19 vaccine, U.S. health officials could soon face a fresh challenge: talking vaccinated people into getting booster shots to gain longer-lasting protection as the delta variant sends infections soaring again.
The calls and emails about Covid-19 boosters have already started coming into Dr. William Schaffner's medical center in Nashville, Tennessee.
More than 121,000 child Covid-19 cases were reported in the US in the last week, according to a report from the American Academy of Pediatrics.
If you want to visit one of America's national parks, there's an essential item you must bring: face masks.
The Archdiocese of Baltimore is not setting a universal policy about wearing masks in its Catholic schools for this school year, leaving it up to parents and the jurisdictions where the schools are based if transmission rates are low to moderate.
Queen Anne's County Public Schools announced Monday all staff and students in schools will need to wear face coverings indoors and on buses, effective Tuesday, August 17.
Pfizer and BioNTech said Monday they have submitted initial data to the US Food and Drug Administration to support the use of a booster dose of Covid-19 vaccine.
Maryland reported 766 new COVID-19 cases and five new deaths, according to state health department data released Monday morning.
The US could soon see more than 200,000 new cases of Covid-19 every day as the Delta variant spreads at a rapid pace, particularly among unvaccinated people, the director of the National Institutes of Health predicted.
Gov. Larry Hogan allowed Maryland's coronavirus state of emergency to expire Sunday despite pleas from some Democrats who wrote to him that it is still needed.
