Why the CDC recommends everyone get a new COVID shot this fall
Vaccine experts considered narrower recommendations for only higher-risk groups, but decided almost all Americans could benefit.
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Vaccine experts considered narrower recommendations for only higher-risk groups, but decided almost all Americans could benefit.
The new shots are similar to previously approved formulas but were updated to target strains of the virus descended from Omicron.
The new COVID-19 vaccines for fall 2023 started rolling out this week.
Moderna said its updated COVID vaccine should protect against the highly-mutated new variant.
Vaccine maker Moderna said its updated Covid shot should protect against the highly-mutated new variant.
There may be a benefit to getting your COVID shots in the same arm each time.
Massachusetts State Police must reinstate seven troopers who refused to be vaccinated for COVID-19, an independent arbitrator has ruled.
According to the CDC, if you have recently had COVID, you may want to wait at least three months before getting a booster.
Most of us have only had one bivalent booster and now seniors and people with weakened immune systems are being asked to get a second one now.
Robin writes, "I developed tinnitus several years ago. It runs in my family. I recently saw an article related to COVID vaccinations and tinnitus. What can you tell me?"
A viewer asks if you should still wait to get a mammogram if you just got the COVID vaccine.
Moderna's CEO defended a plan to more than quadruple the company's COVID-19 vaccine price,
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Dr. Mallika Marshall is answering your medical questions.
Moderna says its COVID-19 vaccines will remain free, even after the government contract ends this spring.
A new study found only about 15% of eligible adults have received a bivalent booster against COVID-19.
Flu vaccines and COVID booster shots are being offered at walk-in clinics, like the one in the North End on Saturday.
There's an incentive to get a COVID shot this holiday season.
Dr. Mallika Marshall said there's no reason to be concerned about the bivalent booster shot.
The Massachusetts Department of Transportation is offering some employees who were fired for refusing to get the COVID vaccine their jobs back, I-Team sources said.
Some MassDOT workers fired over the COVID-19 vaccine are getting their jobs back. WBZ-TV's Cheryl Fiandaca reports.
Getting the vaccine before Halloween will allow ample time to build immunity before cold and flu season hits.
The event aimed to make it easy for families to get the COVID vaccine.
Novavax's is the fourth coronavirus vaccine available in the U.S., and it uses a different type of vaccine technology than the others.
Dr. Mallika Marshall answers your coronavirus vaccine-related medical questions.
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