It's perfectly acceptable for 5- to-11-year-olds preparing to receive a vaccine against COVID-19 also to receive other protective shots they may have missing during the pandemic lockdown. For some ...

Valerie Brickey went to three pharmacies and her regular pediatrician in late September in an effort to find a Covid-19 vaccine for her 16-year-old granddaughter, Ryleigh. Both Brickey and her ...

As kids head back to school, parents have to navigate mixed messaging and new restrictions on COVID-19 shots. Who should get them? Where can you get them? Do you need a prescription? The messaging has ...

Questions about the COVID-19 shot abound as federal recommendations shift and medical groups issue clashing guidance.

When Lucas Denault was first infected with COVID in January 2021 at the age of 15, his symptoms were relatively mild. A high school athlete at the time, the Pennsylvania resident experienced a brief ...

Children are twice as likely to develop long COVID after two COVID-19 infections, compared with children who’ve only had COVID-19 once, according to a new study co-authored by a doctor at Lurie ...

New recommendations last week from an influential vaccine panel handpicked by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. broke with long-standing U.S. precedent on Covid shots and ...

Given levels of population immunity to COVID-19, the value of continued vaccination has been questioned. New data showed that COVID vaccines for the 2024-2025 season provided protection against ...

As we get into another winter holiday season, COVID is still part of our lives. And although it's hard to predict exactly what this year's cold, flu and coronavirus season will look like, experts want ...

Pfizer announced on Wednesday that it has started clinical trials that could lead to the antiviral pill Paxlovid being available for children ages six and up to reduce the severity and duration of ...