CDC leader adds people with risky jobs to COVID booster list
CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky signed off on a series of recommendations from a panel of advisers late Thursday, but she also included one recommendation that the panel had rejected.
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U.S. sets the stage for COVID booster shots for millions
Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said boosters should be offered to people 65 and older, nursing home residents and those ages 50 to 64 who have risky underlying health problems.
Indiana reports 28 new COVID deaths, decline in hospitalizations
More than 3.23 million Hoosiers had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Thursday after a daily increase of 4,998.
COVID-19 exacerbates ongoing problem with teacher shortages
Now that schools have welcomed students back to classrooms, they face a new challenge: a shortage of teachers and staff the likes of which some districts say they have never seen.
FDA backs Pfizer COVID-19 boosters for seniors, high-risk
However, more regulatory hurdles lie ahead before the dispensing of boosters can begin.
United Airlines say 97% of U.S. employees have been vaccinated
Last month, United set a deadline of Sept. 27–next Monday–for its 67,000 U.S.-based employees to get vaccinated or face termination.
U.S. COVID-19 deaths climb to highest level since early March
The increasingly lethal turn has filled hospitals, complicated the start of the school year, delayed the return to offices and demoralized health care workers.
Biden ready to bet on rapid COVID tests, but they can be hard to find
The latest shortage is another painful reminder that the U.S. has yet to successfully manage its COVID-19 testing arsenal, let alone deploy it in the type of systematic way needed to quickly crush outbreaks in schools, workplaces and communities.
Indiana reports 81 more COVID deaths, rise in hospitalizations
More than 3.21 million Hoosiers had been fully vaccinated against COVID-19 as of Tuesday after a daily increase of 6,838.
Second dose of Johnson & Johnson vaccine increases protection against COVID-19, maker says
Regulators would have to authorize Johnson & Johnson booster shots before the public could receive them.
U.S. easing virus restrictions for foreign flights to America
The travel bans had become the source of growing geopolitical frustration, particularly among allies in the United Kingdom and European Union.
Statewide hospitalizations due to COVID fall for 6th straight day
The Indiana State Department of Health on Monday reported the latest COVID-19 figures related to schools, which showed a rise in student cases of 4,499
Biden easing foreign travel restrictions, requiring vaccines
The new policy replaces a patchwork of travel restrictions first instituted by President Donald Trump last year and tightened by Biden last year that restricted travel by non-citizens to the United Kingdom, European Union, China, India and other countries.
Pfizer says COVID-19 vaccine works in children ages 5 to 11
While youngsters are at lower risk of severe illness or death than older people, more than 5 million children in the U.S. have tested positive for COVID-19 since the pandemic began and at least 460 have died, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics.
Fauci: Moderna, Johnson & Johnson boosters nearing FDA review
Data about booster shots for those who had received the Moderna or Johnson & Johnson vaccines could be a few weeks away from being reviewed, days after an FDA panel approved booster shots for a limited population of those who had received the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
FDA panel is first key test for Biden COVID-19 booster plan
Scientists inside and outside the government have been divided in recent days over the need for boosters and who should get them.
Indiana reports 32 more COVID deaths, dip in hospitalizations
The Indiana State Department of Health has reported 222 new deaths from COVID-19 over the past four days, an average of 55.5 per day.
125 employees no longer with IU Health after refusing COVID-19 vaccine
The state’s largest hospital system said the employees had been suspended for two weeks without pay and would have been eligible to return to work if they had attested to partial or full vaccination.
Small agency, big job: Biden tasks OSHA with vaccine mandate
The assignment is sure to test an understaffed agency that has struggled to defend its authority in court. And the legal challenges to Biden’s vaccine mandate will be unrelenting.
Indiana reports 31 more COVID-19 deaths
The seven-day moving average of new deaths rose from 26 to 27 per day, the state health department said.