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NEW YORK (AP) — New York City, which once had the nation’s strictest workplace vaccination rules for COVID-19, is ending one of its last such mandates, saying it will no longer require the shots for municipal employees including police officers, firefighters and teachers.

Citing a lack of clinical trial evidence, a growing number of doctors is just saying no to covid "vaccine" booster shots – as are their patients. Dr. Todd Lee, an infectious disease [...]

Results from 6-year-old Anastasia Weaver’s autopsy may take weeks. But online anti-vaccine activists needed only hours after her funeral this week to baselessly blame the COVID-19 vaccine. A prolific Twitter account posted Anastasia’s name and smiling dance portrait in a tweet with a syringe emoji.

Observed cases of Guillain-Barré syndrome after receipt of the Janssen shot were two to three times greater than background rates within 3-6 weeks of vaccination, new US surveillance data show.

Additional studies are needed for accurate booster-dose timing as new variants emerge, according to researchers.

California is ending the Covid-19 vaccine mandate for kids. According to EdSource, a nonprofit education reporting organization, when the Covid-19 state of

ATLANTA (AP) — Some Georgia senators want to permanently block schools and most state and local government agencies from requiring people to get vaccinated against COVID-19. In 2022, lawmakers put a one-year ban into law , part of a broad conservative nationwide backlash against mandates meant to prevent the spread of the respiratory illness.

Pfizer surprised Wall Street by predicting a bigger-than-expected sales drop this year for two key products: its COVID-19 vaccine and treatment. The drugmaker also released an earnings forecast that starts off below analyst expectations, sending shares lower after markets opened Tuesday.

The FDAs vaccine advisers lent support to the agencys plan to try to simplify future COVID shots, with an aim of having many people get just one dose in the fall.

The third Wednesday of February (Feb. 15) is School Exclusion Day, and the Oregon Immunization Program reminds parents that children may not be able to attend school or child care that day if their records show missing immunizations.