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

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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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US proposes once-a-year COVID shots for most Americans

The FDA will present data this week suggesting most Americans have enough protection against coronavirus to move to a once-a-year shots.
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No, the COVID-19 vaccines can’t cause or create new variants

COVID-19 vaccines will slow the spread of the virus and do not cause or create the variants.
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Senate passes defense bill rescinding COVID vaccine mandate

The bill now goes to President Joe Biden to be signed into law.
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House passes defense bill scrapping COVID vaccine mandate

To win bipartisan support for the bill, Democrats agreed to Republican demands to scrap the requirement for service members to get a COVID-19 vaccination.
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China launches a COVID-19 vaccine inhaled through the mouth

About a dozen nasal vaccines are being tested worldwide, but this appears to be the first oral vaccine for COVID in the world.
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Biden receives updated COVID-19 booster shot, promotes vaccine

Biden used Tuesday's White House occasion to urge everyone to get boosted to ensure they stay healthy over the holidays.
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'Get vaccinated': Biden urges Americans to get updated booster

President Biden received his updated COVID-19 booster shot on Tuesday and urge the public to get theirs to ensure a healthy holiday season.