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Starting next year, some immunocompromised people may receive a fourth Covid vaccine dose, the C.D.C. says.

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A cheap antidepressant lowers the risk of Covid hospitalization, a large study finds.

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Pregnant and breastfeeding women are slower to respond to vaccination, researchers report.

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Pregnant and breastfeeding women are slower to respond to vaccination, researchers report.

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Merck Will Share Formula for its Covid Pill With Poor Countries

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AstraZeneca’s vaccine comes with a slightly higher risk of a nerve syndrome but not worse than from Covid, a study finds.

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Moderna’s Covid vaccine produces a strong immune response in younger children, the company said.

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Some federal advisers have misgivings over whether boosters are widely needed.

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Are Vaccine Boosters Widely Needed? Some Federal Advisers Have Misgivings

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Coronavirus vaccines should begin soon for children 5 and up.

October 24, 2021

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Here’s what you need to know to navigate the C.D.C.’s new mix-and-match vaccine strategy.

October 23, 2021

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A limited C.D.C. study finds no significant change in hospitalization outcomes during the U.S. Delta wave.

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Here’s what you need to know to navigate the C.D.C.’s new mix-and-match vaccine strategy.

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Here’s what you need to know about the mix-and-match vaccine strategy.

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To ensure access to Covid vaccines, developing countries could make their own.

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Mixing and Matching Covid Vaccines

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Millions in U.S. aid benefited richer hospitals, a new study shows.

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C.D.C. Panel Recommends Covid Booster Shots for Millions of Americans

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Parents, Will You Vaccinate Your Children for Covid?

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Pfizer says new data show booster shots of its vaccine are highly protective against Covid.

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What are the next steps as a C.D.C. panel considers Moderna and J. & J. boosters?

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A C.D.C. panel will debate boosters and the ‘mix-and-match’ strategy.

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Pain Doctor Accused of Sexually Assaulting Patients Faces New Federal Charges

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Waiting on a federal mandate, some U.S. nursing homes are slow to vaccinate staff.

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Nadia Chaudhri, Scientist With an End-of-Life Mission, Dies at 43

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Gates Foundation Pledges $120 Million to Help Get Covid Pills Quickly to Poor Countries

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Waiting on U.S. Mandate, Some Nursing Homes Are Slow to Vaccinate Staff

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In a First, Surgeons Attached a Pig Kidney to a Human — and It Worked

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F.D.A. Moves to Make Some Hearing Aids Available Without a Prescription

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Pfizer-BioNTech’s vaccine is highly effective against hospitalization for those 12 to 18, a study shows.

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Here’s why mix-and-match Covid boosters just might work.

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Mix-and-Match Covid Boosters: Why They Just Might Work

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Tuberculosis, Like Covid, Spreads in Aerosols, Scientists Report

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What Scientists Know About the Risk of Breakthrough Covid Deaths

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Here is what scientists know about the risk of breakthrough Covid deaths.

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Here is what scientists know about the risk of breakthrough Covid deaths.

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Multiple myeloma is a rare cancer that seems to strike at random.

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If You’ve Had Covid, Do You Need the Vaccine?