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RSV vaccine recommended during pregnancy as a second option to protect newborns
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FDA approves COVID booster, government no longer covering the cost of vaccinations
People 12 and older can get the shot. It is recommended for people 65 and older and those with health conditions to get the shot as well.
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Americans can now get an updated COVID-19 vaccine
CDC advisers endorsed the new shots for everyone 6 months and older and the agency's director quickly signed off Tuesday on the panel's recommendation.
Health
Moderna vaccine says new booster works against new COVID strain
The new booster, which can be rolling out as soon as next week, comes as COVID numbers are on the rise.
Vaccine
The CDC did not say a new COVID strain is not more contagious among vaccinated than unvaccinated people
Social media posts claim that the CDC said a new COVID subvariant is more contagious in vaccinated people than in unvaccinated people. That’s false.
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US to lift most federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates next week
The move marks the latest display of how President Joe Biden’s administration is moving to treat COVID-19 as a routine, endemic illness.
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Appeals court blocks vaccine mandate for US government workers
The ruling from the full appeals court reverses an earlier ruling from a smaller three-judge panel that upheld the vaccine requirement.
Coronavirus
3 years later: COVID-19 pandemic
It's been three years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in East Tennessee. We remember the lives we lost and celebrate the advances in medicine since then.
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East TN study to combine COVID, flu shot
A study will soon launch that combines your flu and COVID vaccine into one shot. The researcher heading up the trial wats your help.
Vaccine
US proposes once-a-year COVID shots for most Americans
The FDA will present data this week suggesting most Americans have enough protection against coronavirus to move to a once-a-year shots.
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No, the COVID-19 vaccines can’t cause or create new variants
COVID-19 vaccines will slow the spread of the virus and do not cause or create the variants.
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TDH: Two pediatric deaths confirmed due to influenza
One death was in Middle Tennessee and the other was in the East Grand Division, according to the Tennessee Department of Health.
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