+2 Local News Featured To vax or not? By Anna Kristina Moseidjord Bay City News Foundation Dec 27, 2022 Although the Bay Area leads the nation in child vaccination rates, a surprising number of parents express hesitation and fear as they navigate…
National US urges COVID boosters starting at age 12 to fight omicron By Lauran Neergaard and Mike Stobbe The Associated Press Jan 5, 2022 The U.S. is urging that everyone 12 and older get a COVID-19 booster as soon as they’re eligible, to help fight back the hugely contagious omi…
Coronavirus US expands Pfizer COVID boosters, opens extra dose to age 16 By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MIKE STOBBE Associated Press Dec 9, 2021 U.S. health authorities said Thursday that 16- and 17-year-olds should get a booster dose of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine once they're six months…
National FDA advisers back Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for young kids By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press Oct 26, 2021 WASHINGTON (AP) — A panel of U.S. health advisers on Tuesday endorsed kid-size doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, moving the U.S. closer to b…
National Moderna says its low-dose COVID shot works for kids 6 to 11 By LAURAN NEERGAARD AP Medical Writer Oct 25, 2021 Moderna said Monday that a low dose of its COVID-19 vaccine is safe and appears to work in 6- to 11-year-olds, as the manufacturer joins its r…
National Efforts grow to stamp out use of parasite drug for COVID-19 By MATTHEW PERRONE AP Health Writer Sep 3, 2021 WASHINGTON (AP) — Health experts and medical groups are pushing to stamp out the growing use of a decades-old parasite drug to treat COVID-19,…
Columnists To be or not to be By Matt Grocott Updated Sep 13, 2021 “To be or not to be, that is the question.” Or so it was for William Shakespeare in his play, “Hamlet.” But Shakespeare lived in a different w…
National Poll: Most in US who remain unvaccinated need convincing By LAURAN NEERGAARD and HANNAH FINGERHUT Associated Press May 11, 2021 Fewer Americans are reluctant to get a COVID-19 vaccine than just a few months ago, but questions about side effects and how the shots were te…
National FDA says single-dose shot from J&J prevents severe COVID By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press Feb 24, 2021 WASHINGTON (AP) — Johnson & Johnson's single-dose vaccine offers strong protection against severe COVID-19, according to an analysis relea…
National US regulators seek advice on thorny issues as vaccines near By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MATTHEW PERRONE Associated Press Oct 22, 2020 WASHINGTON (AP) — With vaccines against COVID-19 inching closer, U.S. regulators took an unusual step Thursday in asking outside scientists: A…
