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CDC urging people 65+ to get second COVID-19 vaccine dose

Health

What's making everyone sick? The viruses causing the biggest issues right now

It seems everyone is catching something — dealing with sore throat, lost voice, congestion, cough that lingers and becomes bronchitis.
Coronavirus

Only 7% of adults have gotten the new COVID shots, US data show

In the late summer, government health officials made the nation's COVID-19 vaccination campaign more like the annual flu campaign.
Nation World

RSV vaccine recommended during pregnancy as a second option to protect newborns

The recommendation comes a month after the CDC recommended another option: lab-made antibodies given to infants younger than 8 months as way to prevent severe RSV.
Health

FDA approves COVID booster, government no longer covering the cost of vaccinations

People 12 and older can get the shot. It is recommended for people 65 and older and those with health conditions to get the shot as well.
Nation World

Americans can now get an updated COVID-19 vaccine

CDC advisers endorsed the new shots for everyone 6 months and older and the agency's director quickly signed off Tuesday on the panel's recommendation.
Health

Moderna vaccine says new booster works against new COVID strain

The new booster, which can be rolling out as soon as next week, comes as COVID numbers are on the rise.
Vaccine

The CDC did not say a new COVID strain is not more contagious among vaccinated than unvaccinated people

Social media posts claim that the CDC said a new COVID subvariant is more contagious in vaccinated people than in unvaccinated people. That’s false.
Nation World

US to lift most federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates next week

The move marks the latest display of how President Joe Biden’s administration is moving to treat COVID-19 as a routine, endemic illness.
Nation World

Appeals court blocks vaccine mandate for US government workers

The ruling from the full appeals court reverses an earlier ruling from a smaller three-judge panel that upheld the vaccine requirement.
Coronavirus

3 years later: COVID-19 pandemic

It's been three years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in East Tennessee. We remember the lives we lost and celebrate the advances in medicine since then.
Health

East TN study to combine COVID, flu shot

A study will soon launch that combines your flu and COVID vaccine into one shot. The researcher heading up the trial wats your help.