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Updated COVID boosters are now available for anyone age 12 or older. The CDC is urging anyone who is eligible to sign up but some vaccine experts say some people might want to wait.

The Vermont Agency of Education now says that schools may need to institute mask mandates in order protect students who are at high risk of getting seriously sick from COVID-19.

Americans' life expectancy dropped for the second year in a row and is the biggest drop since the 1920s. COVID-19 is driving the downward trend, according to CDC data.

An initial shipment of 17,000 COVID boosters is expected to reach Vermont early next week. Vermonters could start getting the shots as soon as Sept. 7, according to state Epidemiologist Patsy Kelso.

This hour, host Connor Cyrus will talk with teachers as they head back to school for the new academic year.

The Biden administration is pausing its distribution of free COVID-19 tests this week, but you can still order new ones before the end date.

Some scientists are alarmed that the agency plans to evaluate the next generation of boosters by reviewing mouse studies alone. Others say there's no time to waste waiting for human trials.

Requirements to test and mask and be vaccinated are becoming less common as colleges shift away from treating COVID-19 as an emergency.

It鈥檚 budget season, and Vermont hospitals are asking for steep rate hikes at a time when regulators are trying to rein in spending.

The Biden administration is scrapping plans to offer COVID boosters for people under 50 this summer. Instead officials will push for an earlier release of the next generation boosters in the fall.