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With BA.2 omicron subvariants now representing nearly all COVID cases in the U.S., what symptoms should you be watching for?

BOOSTING IMMUNITY: Adolescents aged 12 to 17 are encouraged to get a booster shot, while high-risk groups are recommended to receive a fourth jabBy Lee I-chia / Staff reporter

Though at-risk people are strong candidates, "For every COVID-19 vaccine dose recommended, uptake declines," a CDC official says.

Vaccine advisers to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention continue to mull over what the future of Covid-19 booster shots might look like -- and they acknowledge that

'We need to be thinking about how to make a better vaccine,' suggests one ACIP member

Manufacturers are still testing variant-specific doses and Covid has yet to shift to a seasonal cycle of spread like the flu.

A leading local health expert says COVID-19 cases still remain low in Fauquier County but warns unvaccinated people are still at increased risk.

Taipei, April 18 (CNA) Taiwan's efforts to purchase the Pfizer-BioNTech children's COVID-19 vaccine have not been held up by foreign interference but rather by each party's efforts to protect their interests, Health Minister Chen Shih-chung (陳時中) said Monday.

As cases of the coronavirus begin to rise in Illinois and parts of the U.S., due in part to the now-dominant BA.2 omicron subvariant, the risk for being exposed...

A federal judge in Florida strikes down the CDC mask mandate for airline and other public transport.