Elmo has a friend, indeed. Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, D-N.Y., brought along a stuffed friend to help make a point on the House floor Thursday. Jeffries held up a stuffed Elmo doll while ...

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"I couldn't be more pleased to announce that, as of today, the COVID vaccine for healthy children and healthy pregnant women has been removed from the CDC's recommended immunization schedule ...

The Food and Drug Administration is telling Pfizer and Moderna to expand the warning labels on their COVID-19 vaccines about the risk of a possible heart injury side effect linked to the mRNA ...

Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said Tuesday that his agency would no longer recommend the coronavirus vaccine for healthy pregnant women and healthy children — an ...

CDC data found vaccination coverage among kindergartners across the US dropped to 92.7% for measles, mumps, and rubella vaccine. During the 2023 to 2024 school year. When vaccine rates erode ...

Brandon Guerrero, 34, receives both a flu and COVID-19 vaccine at CVS in Huntington Park, Calif. on Aug. 28, 2024. Brandon Guerrero, 34, receives both a flu and COVID-19 vaccine at CVS in ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will no longer recommend routine Covid shots for healthy children and pregnant women, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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Since Edward Jenner pioneered the smallpox vaccine in the 1700s, they’ve significantly reduced disease rates around the world and are credited with saving millions of lives—primarily in low ...

May 27, 2025 – The Trump administration announced today that the CDC will no longer recommend COVID-19 vaccines for many children and pregnant people. No details were immediately published on ...