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A rural Northern California town declared itself a “constitutional republic” during a city council meeting last month, an apparent act of protest against mandates issued by state leaders during the COVID-19 pandemic.

It’s an omnipresent truth: Merriam-Webster has declared vaccine its 2021 word of the year

The U.S. is in better shape approaching its second Thanksgiving of the pandemic, thanks to the vaccine.

The World Health Organization has granted an emergency use license to a coronavirus vaccine developed in India.

As deadlines loom for military and defense civilians to get mandated COVID-19 vaccines, senior leaders are wrestling with the fate of tens of thousands who flatly refuse the shots or are seeking exemptions, and how to make sure they are treated fairly and equally.

COVID-19 vaccines could be available to children ages 5 to 11 as soon as next week if the CDC gives final approval, and doctors at St. Jude Children’s Hospital are putting out a coloring book that helps explain the vaccine in language kids can understand.

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.

A federal advisory panel is meeting Thursday and Friday to consider whether to back booster shots of both the Johnson & Johnson and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines.

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.

A vaccination clinic previously open during the height of vaccine efforts earlier this year will reopen Wednesday to offer booster shots in DuPage County, health officials said.

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

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.

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.