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FILE – In this Thursday, Sept. 2, 2021 file photo, a funeral director arranges flowers on a casket before a service in Tampa, Fla. According to a study published Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021, by the medical journal Pediatrics, the number of U.S. children orphaned during the COVID-19 pandemic may be larger than previously estimated, and the toll has been far greater among Black and Hispanic Americans. (AP Photo/Chris O’Meara, File)

More than 120,000 U.S. kids had caregivers die during pandemic

October 8, 2021 at 5:47 a.m.

The number of U.S. children orphaned during the COVID-19 pandemic may be larger than previously estimated, and the toll has been far greater among Black and Hispanic Americans, a new...

Some fear boosters will hurt drive to reach the unvaccinated

September 29, 2021 at 1:46 p.m.

NEW YORK -- The spread of COVID-19 vaccination requirements across the U.S. hasn't had the desired effect so far, with the number of Americans getting their first shots plunging in...

CDC leader adds people with risky jobs to COVID booster list

September 24, 2021 at 7:43 a.m.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday endorsed booster shots for millions of older or otherwise vulnerable Americans, opening a major new phase in the U.S vaccination drive...

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CDC advisers try to work out the details on COVID-19 booster shots

September 23, 2021 at 10:29 a.m.

With booster doses of Pfizer鈥檚 COVID-19 vaccine now authorized in the U.S., government advisers reconvened on Thursday to tackle the most contentious question yet: Exactly who should roll up their...

FDA backs Pfizer COVID-19 boosters for seniors, high-risk

September 22, 2021 at 6:21 p.m.

The U.S. moved a step closer Wednesday to offering booster doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine to senior citizens and others at high risk from the virus as the Food and...

This Tuesday, April 3, 2018 file photo shows a closeup of a beam scale in New York. A study by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released on Thursday, Sept. 16, 2021, ties the COVID-19 pandemic to an “alarming” increase in obesity in U.S. children and teenagers. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File)

Childhood obesity in U.S. accelerated during pandemic, study finds

September 16, 2021 at 6:15 p.m.

A new study ties the COVID-19 pandemic to an “alarming” increase in obesity in U.S. children and teenagers.

U.S. health officials call for booster shots against COVID-19

August 18, 2021 at 11:51 a.m.

U.S. health officials Wednesday announced plans to offer COVID-19 booster shots to all Americans to shore up their protection amid the surging delta variant and evidence that the vaccines' effectiveness...

U.S. allows extra COVID vaccine doses for some. Now what?

August 13, 2021 at 1:26 p.m.

Americans at high risk from COVID-19 because of severely weakened immune systems are now allowed to get a third vaccination in hopes of better protection, a policy change endorsed Friday...

FILE – In this May 7, 2020 file photo, a pregnant woman wearing a face mask and gloves holds her belly as she waits in line for groceries at St. Mary’s Church in Waltham, Mass. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urged all pregnant women Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021 to get the COVID-19 vaccine as hospitals in hot spots around the U.S. see disturbingly high numbers of unvaccinated mothers-to-be seriously ill with the virus. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, file)

CDC urges COVID vaccines during pregnancy as delta surges

August 11, 2021 at 12:17 p.m.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urged all pregnant women Wednesday to get the COVID-19 vaccine as hospitals in hot spots around the U.S. see disturbing numbers of unvaccinated...

Study: Vaccinated people can carry as much virus as others

July 30, 2021 at 3:14 p.m.

In another dispiriting setback for the nation's efforts to stamp out the coronavirus, scientists who studied a big COVID-19 outbreak in Massachusetts concluded that vaccinated people who got so-called breakthrough...

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