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A federal mandate for healthcare workers to get vaccinated against COVID-19 has been in place nationally for a year

A new CDC report found that children under 5 are being vaccinated for COVID-19 at lower rates than older children.

President Biden gets his updated COVID-19 booster shot and urges millions of people who have yet to be boosted to do so by Halloween.

California is closely watching a rise in new subvariants, as L.A. County and San Francisco Bay Area officials warn that cases are no longer substantially decreasing.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention doesn’t have the authority to set school immunization requirements. That decision is left to the states.

A panel of U.S. vaccine experts says COVID-19 shots should be added to the lists of recommended vaccinations for kids and adults.

In Los Angeles County, officials plan to offer the updated boosters for children as young as 5 at an estimated 625 sites starting as soon as Wednesday.

Despite the latest surge in coronavirus cases, the impact on hospitals has been relatively minor and COVID-19 deaths have remained fairly low and stable.

The final major phase of the COVID-19 vaccination campaign kicked off this week, with California finally able to inoculate children under 5.

The nation’s youngest children are getting their chance at COVID vaccines. 'This will be a really big change for our family,' one parent said.