After federal health officials made abrupt changes to US Covid-19 vaccine recommendations for pregnant women last month, there’s new confusion and uncertainty about who can get the shots — and some reports that patients were turned away when they tried to get vaccinated.

Although vaccines may have a tougher time winning the endorsement of the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices after HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. recently replaced all of its members,

A new COVID-19 variant, nicknamed Nimbus, is rising around the world — including in California — and known for giving “razor blade throat” symptoms.

COVID appears to be on the rise as a new, highly contagious subvariant — featuring “razor blade throat” symptoms overseas — is becoming increasingly dominant.

About 48% of fully vaccinated COVID patients suffered kidney damage during their infection, compared with 42% unvaccinated patients. But nearly 16% of unvaccinated patients had kidney damage so severe they required dialysis, compared with 11% of vaccinated patients.

In recent years COVID shots joined flu shots as an annual offering at most neighborhood pharmacies. But the current administration has thrown that into uncertainty

A new COVID-19 strain has been reported in dozens of countries, including the U.S. Here's what you should know about it.

Meissner was previously listed in April as a consultant to the RSV vaccines work group for the CDC committee, before Kennedy fired its advisers.

EDMONTON - The organization representing Alberta doctors is joining health-care unions in raising concerns over Premier Danielle Smith’s decision to charge most Albertans for a COVID-19 vaccination this fall.

Vaccination lowers the risk of long-term kidney damage in hospitalized Covid patients * Immunized patients are less likely to require continuous renal replacement //therapy * Unvaccinated individuals face higher mortality during and after hospitalization Hospitalized patients with COVID-19 who had received a coronavirus vaccine before contracting the virus and later developed acute kidney injury showed improved health outcomes compared to those who were not vaccinated ( ref1 ).

Since the first Covid-19 vaccines were authorized in December 2020, more than 672 million doses have been administered in the United States. For years, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has broadly recommended up-to-date vaccination,