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Last week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention authorized a second COVID booster for people who were initially boosted at least four months ago. But the agency is only recommending the shot for certain demographics at this time.

Federal health officials are convening with outside advisers April 6 to talk about a vaccine plan, whether that's another booster in the fall, an omicron shot or one that targets more than one strain.

A team of economists, including a Dartmouth professor, is calling for the testing of fractional doses of COVID-19 vaccines to help stretch the supply and accelerate vaccination rates around the globe.Clinical evidence suggests that these smaller doses could also be highly effective against hospitalizations and severe disease resulting from COVID-19.

People who are 50 and older and certain immunocompromised individuals may get a second Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine booster four months after they received the first.

If approved, this would be the second booster shot Moderna has issued for people ages 18 and up.

In Waterbury, Ct., where less than 40% of Black residents are fully vaccinated, teenagers are going door-to-door to encourage people to get their shot.

New research out of New York found the protection of the vaccine against infection in kids ages 5 to 11 dropped from 68% to 12%.

Gov. Phil Scott and members of his cabinet provided updates Tuesday, Feb. 15, on the state of the coronavirus pandemic in Vermont.

Just over 11,000 undergraduates resumed classes this week at the University of Vermont. Classes are 'as normal as they've been' according to the student body president, though COVID fears linger

The new research affirms what many individuals had reported. But it also shows the changes to the menstrual cycle are mostly minor and brief, more akin to a sore arm than a dangerous reaction.