Vaccine

Updated COVID boosters are now available for anyone age 12 or older. The CDC is urging anyone who is eligible to sign up but some vaccine experts say some people might want to wait.

But the court upheld a separate mandate for almost all employees at hospitals, nursing homes and other health care providers that receive federal funds.

La ciencia detrás de la eficacia y la seguridad de las vacunas es firme y está respaldada por tecnologías que han existido desde hace décadas, dijo Ilya Finkelstein, un profesor de biociencias moleculares en la Universidad de Texas en Austin.

¿Cómo puedes convencer a alguien de que se ponga la vacuna contra el COVID-19? Para algunos, la respuesta podría depender en quién y en qué confíen.

The science behind the efficacy and safety of the vaccines is firm, says UT-Austin molecular biosciences associate professor Ilya Finkelstein, and their rapid development was supported by technologies that have been around for decades.

How might those who haven't gotten vaccinated be persuaded? For some, it may come down to whom and what they trust.

Instead of putting genetic instructions into people whose cells then make a viral protein, the vaccines from Novavax, Medicago and Sanofi carry a spike protein payload.

From El Paso to Brownsville, every county along the border is outpacing the state average for the percentage of residents fully vaccinated against COVID-19.

The stunning speed of the vaccines' development and rollout has helped tame COVID-19 in the U.S., which remains the worst-hit country in the world.

Moderna dijo que presentará los resultados de sus estudios más recientes a la Administración de Alimentos y Medicamentos y otros reguladores globales en junio.