A: Small amounts of aluminum are sometimes included in vaccines as adjuvants, or substances that boost the body’s immune response to the vaccine to ensure protection from infection. That boost means ...

There are only three antivirals authorized by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for treating COVID-19. If the ...

They disable our defenses and hijack the cellular machinery in order to multiply successfully. For example, the herpes simplex virus 1, which causes blister-like skin rashes, and influenza viruses ...

RNA vaccines are quick and easy to make, while virus-like nanoparticles produce a stronger immune response. Now, the two ...

Valentina Saldaña is your comunity reporter covering the north coast of San Luis Obispo County, including Los Osos, Morro Bay, Cayucos, Cambria, and San Simeon. Guidelines are rolling out in ...

Drugstores are ready to deliver updated COVID-19 vaccines this fall and insurers plan to pay for them, even though the shots no longer come recommended by an important government committee. What is ...

This is the time of year when updated boosters for COVID-19 are typically available. But this year has been anything but typical. Here’s a look at what we know about where to get the shot in Oregon ...

ATLANTA (AP) — Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s new vaccine advisers added confusion Friday to this fall’s COVID-19 vaccinations — declining to recommend them for anyone and leaving the choice ...

The Food and Drug Administration approved updated COVID-19 shots for the fall, tightening restrictions on those who can access the vaccine. Under the updated approvals, only those over 65 and people ...

STATEWIDE — NEW YORK STATE’S 2025–26 COVID-19 VACCINE GUIDANCE has been released, Gov. Kathy Hochul announced on Thursday, Sept. 18. The guidance aims to ensure that constituents continue to have ...

(FOX40.COM) — The California Department of Public Health announced on Wednesday official immunization recommendations for COVID-19, RSV and influenza. Video above: Governor Newsom speaks on mental ...

It's that time of year again where you may be asking yourself if your sore throat is the flu, a cold or a case of COVID-19. Though health officials still recommend testing for COVID-19 if you're ...