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A North Texas invention is playing a crucial role in US COVID-19 vaccination efforts. Little Elm’s Retractable Technologies and founder Thomas Shaw have fought for years to get the Vanishpoint syringe into the hands of doctors and nurses. Now, the federal government is relying on it and its retractable needle to quickly vaccinate hundreds of millions of Americans safely.

Children age 5 to 11 will soon be able to get a COVID-19 shot at their pediatrician’s office, local pharmacy and potentially even their school, according to the White House.

U.S. health advisers said Thursday that some Americans who received Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine at least six months ago should get a half-dose booster to rev up protection against the coronavirus.

All-Star guard Kyrie Irving hasn’t responded to an ultimatum from the Brooklyn Nets to get vaccinated against COVID-19 or sit out the season

The Food and Drug Administration is wrestling with how to decide on booster doses of the single-shot Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine

A highly anticipated study on “mixing and matching” COVID-19 vaccines found the approach to be safe and effective, though the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines were found to spark a stronger immune system response than Johnson & Johnson.

The Biden administration says the United States will reopen land borders to nonessential travel next month.

Another Halloween during the coronavirus pandemic is fast approaching, and while health experts say children can go back to traditional trick-or-treating this year, there are some important safety precautions to take.

The chairman of Moderna says the company has no plans to share the recipe for its COVID-19 vaccine because executives have concluded that scaling up their own production is the best way to increase the global supply

Dallas ISD has announced that approximately 11,600 school district employees have received their $500 COVID vaccine incentive in their September paycheck.

Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech said Thursday they have made a formal request to the Food and Drug Administration to extend emergency use of its COVID-19 vaccine in children ages 5 to 11.

Another COVID-19 vaccine maker asks for the green light to give out boosters and now the federal government will decide who should get a Johnson and Johnson booster and when.

Johnson & Johnson submitted data to the Food and Drug Administration to receive emergency use authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine booster shots.

Do booster shots have side effects? Are booster shot side effects worse? A CDC study found that booster shot side effects were similar to the ones seen after the second dose.

Bradley Beal and Kyrie Irving are not vaccinated for COVID-19 with the season approaching. See the latest on NBA players and the COVID-19 vaccine.

Sen. Mitchell McConnell, R-Ky., said during a speech on the Senate floor he has received a COVID vaccine booster shot.

Pfizer/BioNTech submitted data to the FDA Tuesday to clear its COVID-19 vaccine for use in kids ages 5-11

President Joe Biden received his COVID-19 booster shot on Monday. The third dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine has been approved by the CDC for people 65 and older, long-term care facility residents and certain people with underlying conditions.

A New Hampshire lawmaker on Tuesday switched his party affiliation from Republican to Democrat due what he says is the Republican House leadership’s anti-vaccine stance. “I cannot stand idly by while extremists reject the reasonable precautions of vaccinations and masks,” Rep. Bill Marsh of Brookfield said in a statement. “And so I have reluctantly changed my party affiliation. I...

White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki said President Joe Biden was channeling the frustration of the American people who are vaccinated in his Thursday speech announcing new mandates for vaccinations.