Vaccination News

The governors of New Jersey and Delaware announced Monday that COVID-19 mask mandates for K-12 schools will end next month, joining other states that have already lifted such measures.

Gay and lesbian adults in the United States reported higher levels of COVID-19 vaccination and vaccine confidence than heterosexual adults, according to a new study published in MMWR.

Many caregivers expressed hesitancy to vaccinate themselves and their children who had cancer against COVID-19, according to study results published in Pediatric Blood & Cancer.

Two recent studies have found small but reversible changes in menstruation following COVID-19 vaccination, according to a review of recent data published in the BMJ.

The new year rung in record highs of COVID-19 cases as omicron quickly surpassed delta as the dominant variant in the U.S., according to the CDC.

Data from Los Angeles County during the omicron surge showed that the COVID-19 hospitalization rate was 23 times higher among people who were unvaccinated compared with people who had received a COVID-19 vaccine series and booster.

A phase 2 trial will evaluate if temporarily reducing the immunosuppressive medication of transplant recipients in the days before and after they receive an additional dose of COVID-19 vaccine increases their immune response to the vaccine.

Pfizer and BioNTech are expected to ask the FDA to authorize a two-dose regimen of their COVID-19 vaccine for emergency use in children younger than age 5 years, according to multiple reports.

A new study identified four factors that may heighten the risk for long COVID, a condition estimated to affect 31% to 69% of patients with COVID-19. It was the top story in infectious disease last week.

Novavax on Monday announced that it has submitted an emergency use authorization request to the FDA for its protein-based COVID-19 vaccine for individuals aged 18 years or older.