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FDA allows Pfizer boosters for more teens as omicron surges

Boosters already are recommended for everyone 16 and older, and federal regulators on Monday decided they’re also warranted for 12- to 15-year-olds.

Kids’ turn arrives for COVID-19 shots

Schoolchildren who got their first COVID-19 shots Wednesday said these are the pleasures they look forward to as the U.S. enters a major new phase in fighting the pandemic.

NYC to require vaccination proof for indoor dining, gyms

The new requirement, which will be phased in over several weeks in August and September, is the most aggressive step the city has taken yet to curb a surge in cases caused by the Delta variant.

Baby Kimmel’s heart defect is common, fixable with surgery

The hole-in-the-heart problem that plagues comedian Jimmy Kimmel’s newborn son is one of the most common heart-related birth defects, and it usually can be fixed with surgery.

 
Here’s the latest on Ebola around the country, world

A passion for Liberia and the plight of its people drove Ashoka Mukpo to work there, first to aid relief efforts and then as a photojournalist to tell its story.

Improved military medicine on horizon for disabled vets

An increasing number of wounded war vets is pushing military medicine to find better ways to accommodate such a large population of young, severely disabled combat veterans who want to maintain an active lifestyle.

First case of American contracting MERS confirmed

Health officials confirmed the first case of an American infected with a mysterious virus that has sickened hundreds in the Middle East.