COVID-19 vaccine

There’s no evidence COVID-19 vaccines hurt fertility. Here’s what’s fueling the myth

By Isabella Isaacs-Thomas

This moment could be an opportunity to address the consequences of leaving pregnant people, women and their unique health concerns out of medical trials and conversations.

WATCH: Biden meets with business leaders on COVID vaccine mandates

By Darlene Superville, Zeke Miller, Associated Press

The meeting follows Biden's announcement last week that the Labor Department is working to require that businesses with 100 or more employees order their workers to be fully vaccinated or submit a negative COVID-19 test at least weekly.

WHO aims to get Africa 30 percent of needed doses by February

By Associated Press

WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has called the vast disparity in vaccination rates between rich and poor countries a “solvable problem.”…

UK recommends COVID-19 booster shots for everyone over 50

By Danica Kirka, Associated Press

The U.K. will offer a third dose of COVID-19 vaccine to everyone over 50 and other vulnerable people after an an expert panel said the boosters were needed to protect against waning immunity this winter.

School vaccine campaigns targeting students face blowback

By Cedar Attanasio, Associated Press

A return to in-person school this month are raising the stakes for high school students who want to be safe in packed classrooms and homecoming rallies.

FDA experts among group opposing U.S. booster shot plan

By Lauran Neergaard, Matthew Perrone, Associated Press

An international group of scientists is arguing the average person doesn't need a COVID-19 booster yet — an opinion that highlights the intense scientific divide over the question.

U.K. medical officials clear COVID vaccines for 12 to 15 year olds

By Jill Lawless, Associated Press

Britain's chief medical officers said Monday that children aged 12 to 15 should be vaccinated against coronavirus, despite a ruling by the government's vaccine advisors that the step would have only marginal health benefits.

CDC finds unvaccinated people are 11 times more likely to die of COVID

By Lauren Neergaard, Associated Press

New U.S. studies show COVID-19 vaccines remain highly effective against hospitalizations and death. That's even against the extra-contagious delta variant.

AP report: FDA official hopeful younger kids can get shots this year

By Lauren Neergaard, Associated Press

Dr. Peter Marks tells The Associated Press he is "very, very hopeful" that vaccinations for 5- to 11-year-olds will be underway by year's end. One company, Pfizer, is expected to turn over its study results by the end of September.

Biden requiring federal workers to get COVID shot

By Zeke Miller, Associated Press

Biden will sign a new executive order to require vaccination for employees of the executive branch and contractors who do business with the federal government.