covid-19 vaccine

As part of a nationwide tour to spread awareness about the respiratory viruses that spread each winter, CDC Director Dr. Mandy Cohen made a stop in Dallas Friday, taking a firsthand look at local efforts to protect the community.

As pediatric hospitals sound the alarm about overwhelmed ERs, today the head of the CDC visited Dallas. NBC 5’s Allie Spillyards reports she came to see first-hand the efforts here to protect people from respiratory viruses that tend to take hold of our community each winter.

Health officials see Novavax’s protein-based vaccine as a valuable alternative for people who don’t want to take messenger RNA shots from Pfizer and Moderna.

Reports of people being denied insurance coverage for the latest Covid vaccines emerged last week as the shots were rolled out to pharmacies

There is still no evidence that molnupiravir, sold under the brand name Lagevrio, has produced more transmissible or severe variants of Covid.

The White House says President Joe Biden has gotten the updated COVID-19 vaccine and the annual flu shot.

A panel of CDC advisers voted Tuesday to recommend updated Pfizer and Moderna coronavirus booster shots for everyone ages 6 months and up.

Officials are already expecting updated COVID-19 vaccines that contain one version of the omicron strain, called XBB.1.5.

The updated Covid vaccines from Pfizer, Moderna and Novavax still need green lights from the FDA and the CDC before they roll out to the public.

A new study has found that individuals who had exposure to the common cold also may have built up pre-exisitng immunity from the genetically related virus, Covid-19.

Doctors say most people getting COVID-19 have mild cases. NBC 5’s Bianca Castro has the details.

The CDC reported a 12.1% increase in Covid hospital admissions for the week ending July 22. Is a surge coming?

The FDA advisory panel’s recommendation is a win for Covid vaccine makers Pfizer, Moderna and Novavax, which will race to deliver updated shots for the fall.

U.S. regulators on Tuesday cleared another booster dose of the Pfizer or Moderna COVID-19 vaccines for older Americans and people with weak immune systems.

Tiffany Cross, a nurse who fainted after receiving a COVID-19 vaccine, became an anti-vaccine icon. Now she’s fighting back.

Under the Affordable Care Act, most Americans would still get their Covid shots for free once the vaccine program goes commercial.

Here’s a look at what will stay and what will go once the emergency order is lifted.

An appeals court has affirmed a ban in three states on enforcing a federal vaccine mandate for workers who contract with the federal government.

Even before he was carried off the field, posts amassing millions of views began circulating online claiming without evidence that complications from COVID-19 vaccines caused his health emergency.

Scientists are testing a COVID-19 booster nasal spray that they say has been very effective in lab trials and may someday be a viable option for patients.