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Study: Vaccinated People Can Carry As Much Virus As Others

In another dispiriting setback for the nation’s efforts to stamp out the coronavirus, scientists concluded...

Biden Orders Tough New Vaccination Rules for Federal Workers

Federal workers will be required to sign forms attesting they’ve been vaccinated against the coronavirus...

CDC Expected to Recommend Masking Again in Certain Situations

In recent weeks, a growing number of cities and towns have restored indoor masking rules...

Veterans Affairs Requires COVID-19 Vaccination for Health Care Workers

The department's move came on a day when nearly 60 leading medical and health care...

NYC to Require Vaccines or Weekly Testing for City Workers

“This is about our recovery. This is about what we need to do to bring...

States Scale Back Virus Reporting Just as Cases Surge

The shift to weekly instead of daily reporting in Florida, Nebraska, Iowa and South Dakota...

AP-NORC Poll: Most Unvaccinated Americans Don’t Want Shots

Most Americans who haven’t been vaccinated against COVID-19 say they are unlikely to get the...

What Is a COVID-19 Vaccine ‘Breakthrough’ Case?

It’s when a fully vaccinated person gets infected with the coronavirus.

Vaccinations Rise in Some States with Soaring Infections

Coronavirus coordinator Jeff Zients told reporters that several states with the highest proportions of new...

Tokyo New Virus Cases Near 2,000 a Day Before Olympics Open

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga, who is determined to hold the Olympics, placed Tokyo under a...

Rare ‘Breakthrough’ COVID Cases Are Causing Alarm, Confusion

Reports of athletes, lawmakers and others getting the coronavirus despite vaccination may sound alarming but...

Conservative Media Offer Mixed Messages on COVID-19 Vaccine

Skepticism about the COVID-19 vaccination is a common theme in media appealing to conservatives, despite...