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CDC guidelines on wearing masks after vaccination could affect communities of color, experts say. Here's how Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY Replay Video UP NEXT The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s new guidelines easing outdoor masking recommendations for fully vaccinated people may lead to some unintended consequences, particularly for people of color, health experts say. The agency announced the recommendations Tuesday, as growing evidence shows the risk of infection outside is very low, particularly for those who are fully vaccinated. Health officials used the...

Reports of COVID-19 vaccine side effects support what many have anecdotally observed: women shoulder the bigger burden. Among nearly 7,000 reports processed through the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS) from Dec. 14 to Jan. 13, more than 79% of them came from women. The most frequently reported side effects were headache, fatigue and dizziness. Women also are more likely than men to experience some of the vaccine’s more unusual side effects, such as an itchy red rash that appears at the injection site commonly known as COVID arm o...

Six recent studies suggest that people who've already come down with COVID-19 might not need to get a second vaccine dose.

Black Americans also are less likely to get vaccinated than white Americans. Of the Black adults who say they won’t take the vaccine, half are worried they may get COVID-19 from it, according to a report by the Kaiser COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor. “If (patients) are not in an extended facility, they’re at home. Their families are going to be of the same ethnicity and their family members are on the front lines,” Baker said. “We need to start from the front lines to make things equitable."  Baker said more education and transparency is needed to overcome rational distrust in the medical...

USA TODAY Concerned about new variants of the virus that causes COVID-19, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced late Thursday that it is developing guidance to help vaccine, drug and testing manufacturers adapt. Existing vaccines, treatments and tests still work well, emphasized the FDA's acting commissioner Janet Woodcock. But now is the time to get ready for a future when they may not. "We must prepare for all eventualities," she said in a call with reporters. Within the next few weeks, the FDA will provide draft guidance to manufacturers on how to adapt their products as needed,...