NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – When COVID-19 vaccine supplies are limited, vaccinating essential workers before older adults has benefits for all, according to a modeling study. “The COVID-19 pandemic has disproportionately impacted essential workers, who often have lower incomes and…

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. The chances that unvaccinated family members will be infected or hospitalized with COVID-19 drop sharply if even one family member is vaccinated. The chances are reduced…

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. Antibody levels may wane after 7 months for people who got the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, according to a new study published on the bioRxiv preprint server. In…

The National Basketball Association announced Wednesday that players who haven’t received a COVID-19 vaccine won’t be paid for games that they miss due to local orders that require shots. “Any player who elects not to comply with local vaccination mandates…

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. President Joe Biden rolled up his sleeve Monday to get a COVID-19 booster shot in his left arm, and he urged eligible Americans who were at…

Novant Health, a North Carolina-based health care system, has suspended and may terminate about 375 employees who haven’t complied with the company’s mandatory COVID-19 vaccination policy. The policy says employees must have received at least one dose of COVID vaccine…

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. The U.S. plans to donate an additional 500 million COVID-19 vaccine doses to countries around the world, according to Reuters. President Joe Biden announced the new…

Editor’s note: Find the latest COVID-19 news and guidance in Medscape’s Coronavirus Resource Center. A US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory panel voted unanimously today to recommend a booster dose of Pfizer’s mRNA COVID-19 vaccine for those 65 and…

(Reuters) – Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has threatened fines for cities and counties that mandate employees must get vaccinated against COVID-19, which has killed nearly 50,000 people in the state. “If a government agency in the state of Florida forces…