COVID-19 Vaccine
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June 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM

Why RFK Jr. says he terminated every member of CDC vaccine committee

HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. announced on Monday he is removing all 17 members of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory committee.
June 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. testifies before the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions on Capitol Hill on May 20, 2025 in Washington, DC.
June 1, 2025 at 10:49 PM

CDC adjusts guidance on COVID vaccines

Dr. Jessica Shepherd, a women's health expert and chief medical officer of "Hers," discusses the recent conflicting information on the COVID vaccine for children and pregnant women.
June 1, 2025 at 10:49 PM
VIDEO: CDC adjusts guidance on COVID vaccines
May 31, 2025 at 8:31 PM

FDA approves Moderna's new lower-dose COVID-19 vaccine

The Food and Drug administration has approved a new COVID-19 vaccine made by Moderna but with limits on who can use it
May 31, 2025 at 8:31 PM
President Donald Trump, left, and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. attend a Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) Commission Event in the East Room of the White House, Thursday, May 22, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)
May 31, 2025 at 1:29 AM

CDC keeps Covid vaccine recommendation for healthy children

In a break with HHS Secretary RFK Jr.'s recent announcement over removing Covid vaccines for children, the CDC released its latest immunization schedule recommending the vaccine for healthy children.
May 31, 2025 at 1:29 AM
VIDEO: CDC keeps Covid vaccine recommendation for healthy children
May 29, 2025 at 7:23 PM

Why healthy children may need vaccination amid new RFK Jr. COVID shot recommendations

Public health experts said healthy children also at risk of severe disease and death from COVID amid RFK Jr.'s announcement of new CDC COVID vaccine recommendations.
May 29, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., standing next to Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary and National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya, seen in a post on X where he announced the removal of the COVID-19 vaccine from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's immunization schedule for healthy children and pregnant women.
May 28, 2025 at 10:20 AM

RFK Jr. cuts COVID-19 vaccine recommendation for healthy kids, pregnant women

The move could alter guidance for doctors as well as some insurance coverage.
May 28, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., standing next to Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Marty Makary and National Institutes of Health Director Jay Bhattacharya, seen in a post on X where he announced the removal of the COVID-19 vaccine from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's immunization schedule for healthy children and pregnant women.
May 27, 2025 at 9:55 PM

Lawmakers move to simplify requesting vaccine exemption as measles spreads

Texas lawmakers have passed a bill that would make it easier for parents to opt out of vaccinating their children, despite the current measles outbreak in West Texas.
May 27, 2025 at 9:55 PM
In this Feb. 27, 2025, file photo, signs point the way to measles testing in the parking lot of the Seminole Hospital District across from Wigwam Stadium, in Seminole, Texas.
May 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM

RFK Jr. cuts COVID-19 vaccine recommendation for healthy kids, pregnant women

ABC News' Dr. Darien Sutton discusses the move which could alter guidance for doctors as well as some insurance coverage.
May 27, 2025 at 4:57 PM
ABC News' Dr. Darien Sutton discusses the move which could alter guidance for doctors as well as some insurance coverage.
May 23, 2025 at 3:49 PM

Officials have been questioning safety, efficacy of mRNA vaccines. What we know

Infectious disease experts say mRNA vaccines have been studied for decades, they are safe and effective, and were instrumental in saving lives during the COVID pandemic.
May 23, 2025 at 3:49 PM
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration campus in Silver Spring, Md., is photographed on Oct. 14, 2015.
May 21, 2025 at 7:46 PM

What to know about the FDA plan to restrict COVID vaccines

ABC News contributor Dr. John Brownstein explains the Food and Drug Administration's announcement to limit access to future COVID-19 shots only to people over 65 years old or high risk groups.
May 21, 2025 at 7:46 PM
VIDEO: What to know about the FDA plan to restrict COVID vaccines
May 21, 2025 at 7:34 PM

What to know about the FDA plan to restrict COVID vaccines

Some health experts say annual booster shots are not worth the risk for otherwise healthy people.
May 21, 2025 at 7:34 PM
Registered Nurse Mariam Salaam administers the Pfizer booster shot at a Covid vaccination and testing site decorated for Cinco de Mayo at Ted Watkins Park in Los Angeles on May 5, 2022.
May 21, 2025 at 2:16 PM

Trump administration policy on COVID vaccine ‘concerning’: Health expert

Dr. Raynard Washington, epidemiologist and health director in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, discusses new guidelines from the FDA.
May 21, 2025 at 2:16 PM
VIDEO: Trump administration policy on COVID vaccine ‘concerning’: Health expert
4 months ago

Trump bars federal funding to schools with COVID vaccine mandates

The executive order applies to students and not to teachers or staff. 
4 months ago
President Donald Trump signs an executive order in the Oval Office at the White House, Feb. 14, 2025 in Washington.
4 months ago

Trump bars federal funding to schools with COVID vaccine mandates

President Trump on Friday signed an executive order that would strip schools of federal aid if they mandate COVID vaccines, a pool report said.
4 months ago
President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order that would strip schools of federal aid if they mandate COVID vaccines, a pool report said -- a largely symbolic move considering that no states currently require them.
4 months ago

RFK Jr. refuses to accept that COVID vaccines saved lives

When asked by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., if he agrees the vaccines saved millions of lives, Kennedy said, "I don't know. We don't have a good surveillance system, unfortunately.”
4 months ago
When asked by Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., if he agrees the vaccines saved millions of lives, Kennedy said, "I don't know. We don't have a good surveillance system, unfortunately.”
9 months ago

Why you might not want to rush to get the new COVID vaccine

Updated COVID-19 vaccines are arriving for the fall and winter season. Experts say you should get vaccinated, but you may not need to rush to receive the shot.
9 months ago
In this Jan. 25, 2022 file photo pre-loaded syringes of the COVID-19 vaccine are ready for use in New Orleans.
10 months ago

What the end of the CDC's COVID vaccine access program means for uninsured Americans

The CDC is ending a program that provided free COVID vaccines to uninsured Americans. What does this mean for the rollout of the updated COVID shots?
10 months ago
This photo provided by Moderna in August 2024 shows packaging and syringes for the company's updated COVID vaccine for ages 12 and older approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, Aug. 22, 2024.
10 months ago

FDA approves new COVID vaccines

Here's what you need to know about the updated COVID-19 vaccines, which will be available soon.
10 months ago
VIDEO: FDA approves new COVID vaccines
1 year ago

What to know about the updated COVID vaccines coming this fall

The CDC recommends everyone ages 6 months and older get vaccinated.
1 year ago
The CDC recommends everyone ages 6 months and older get vaccinated.
1 year ago

What to know about the updated COVID-19 vaccines coming in the fall

Updated COVID-19 vaccines are expected to be rolled out in August or September. Here's everything you need to know about the shots.
1 year ago
In this Dec. 14, 2020, file photo, Lenox Hill Hospital Chair of Emergency Medicine Yves Duroseau receives the COVID-19 vaccine from Doctor Michelle Chester at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, in New Hyde Park, N.Y.
1 year ago

No significant risk of birth defects after 1st trimester COVID vaccine: Study

A new study published Wednesday found there was no significant risk of birth defects linked to babies born to women who received the COVID vaccine in the first trimester.
1 year ago
In this undated stock photo, a pregnant woman is seen receiving a vaccine injection.
1 year ago

Nurse who received 1st COVID shot awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom

Sandra Lindsay was one of seventeen recipients to be honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Joe Biden.
1 year ago
In this Dec. 14, 2020, file photo, Sandra Lindsay, left, a nurse at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, is inoculated with the COVID-19 vaccine by Dr. Michelle Chester, in Queens, New York.
1 year ago

DeSantis' administration advises against updated COVID shots for people under 65

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is advising against the use of the new COVID-19 booster for people under the age of 65, even as infections tick upward in the U.S.
1 year ago
Republican presidential candidate Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis speaks during a campaign event, June 2, 2023, in Lexington, S.C.
1 year ago

State offers $1 million COVID-19 vaccination scholarship program

Maryland launches $1 million vaccination scholarship program, VaxU.
1 year ago
A syringe in filled with a dose for the COVID-19 vaccine in Salisbury, Md., March 19, 2021.
1 year ago

Fauci says 'fully vaccinated' definition not yet changing to include boosters

Dr. Anthony Fauci appeared on ABC's "This Week" Sunday.
1 year ago
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases Director Anthony Fauci testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee about the ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill, Nov. 4, 2021.
1 year ago

What to know about the next generation of COVID-19 vaccines

A NIH-sponsored clinical trial has begun testing a nasal COVID-19 vaccine. Here's what you need to know about the possible next generation of shots.
1 year ago
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1 year ago

Moderna COVID-flu shot sees strong immunity in older adults during late stage trial

Moderna's combo flu and COVID vaccine provided a strong immune response in older adults, with levels comparable to getting the flu and COVID shots separately.
1 year ago
Moderna's combo flu and COVID vaccine provided a strong immune response in older adults, with levels comparable to getting the flu and COVID shots separately.
1 year ago

Moderna COVID-flu shot sees strong immunity in older adults during late stage trial

Moderna's combo flu and COVID vaccine provided a strong immune response in older adults, with levels comparable to getting the flu and COVID shots separately.
1 year ago
The Moderna Inc. headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts, US, on Tuesday, March 26, 2024. (PHOTO: Adam Glanzman/Bloomberg via Getty Images)
1 year ago

Vaccine nationalism hinders world vaccination effort

Why vaccinating the world against COVID-19 is a monumental undertaking.
1 year ago
Doctors and nurses from the Gevas Public Health Center vaccination team walk to a house to administer the Chinese Sinovac Coronavac vaccine during a house call in the village of Daldere on Feb. 12, 2021 in Van, Turkey. Since shipments of the Chinese Sinovac Coronavac vaccine arrived in Turkey on Dec. 30, 2020, medical teams across the country have been working house to house to administer the COVID-19 vaccine to elderly and vulnerable citizens.
1 year ago

COVID vaccines found to cut risk of heart failure, blood clots after virus infection

COVID-19 vaccines were found to cut risk of heart failure by up to 55% and blood clots by up to 78% following COVID infection, according to a new study.
1 year ago
Denise Fractious, 68, of Pasadena, receives her COVID vaccine during a flu and COVID-19 vaccination clinic at Kaiser Permanente Pasadena on Oct. 12, 2023, in Pasadena, Calif.
1 year ago

COVID vaccines cut risk of heart failure, blood clots: Study

Researchers in the study looked at the original strain of the virus and the delta variant.
1 year ago
Researchers in the study looked at the original strain of the virus and the delta variant.
2 years ago

Why are people hesitant to trust a COVID-19 vaccine?

Vaccines are proven to reduce deaths and help end pandemics, but the historic speed that the coronavirus vaccines have been developed has made some people hesitant to take them.
2 years ago
Vaccines are proven to reduce deaths and help end pandemics, but the historic speed that the coronavirus vaccines have been developed has made some people hesitant to take them.
2 years ago

About 36M Americans adults have received the updated COVID vaccine: CDC

Newly released survey data from the CDC shows 36 million American adults, about 13.9% of the U.S. adult population, has received the updated COVID vaccine.
2 years ago
In this Dec. 14, 2020, file photo, Lenox Hill Hospital Chair of Emergency Medicine Yves Duroseau receives the COVID-19 vaccine from Doctor Michelle Chester at Long Island Jewish Medical Center, in New Hyde Park, N.Y.
2 years ago

Updates on flu and COVID-19 vaccines

With new flu and COVID-19 vaccines available, which one is the right one for you?
2 years ago
With new flu and COVID-19 vaccines available, which one is the right one for you?
2 years ago

Flu, COVID shots together safe after review of potential stroke risk: Experts

Older adults who got a COVID booster and a high-dose version of the flu vaccine together may have an increased risk of stroke, according to a new FDA-funded study.
2 years ago
A unidentified Department of Health and Mental Hygiene employee holds a Covid-19 Moderna booster shot, on Oct. 10, 2023, at City Hall in New York.
2 years ago

1st participant dosed in phase 3 of Moderna's combo COVID, flu vaccine trial

Moderna announced the first participant has been dosed in the company's phase 3 clinical trial of its combination flu and COVID vaccine.
2 years ago
In this Feb. 13, 2021, file photo, the headquarters of pharmaceutical company Moderna is shown in Cambridge, Mass.
2 years ago

Almost half of US adults plan to get new COVID-19 vaccine, survey finds

The latest poll conducted by the KFF COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor found that nearly half of all adults in the U.S. plan to get the newly recommended COVID-19 vaccine.
2 years ago
The updated COVID-19 vaccine is displayed at Northwell Health's Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park, New York, on Sept. 13, 2023.
2 years ago

What the CDC says about the updated COVID vaccine

Immunity wanes after anywhere from 3-6 months, experts say.
2 years ago
Deborah Sampson, left, a nurse at a University of Washington Medical Center clinic in Seattle, gives a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine shot to a 20-month-old child, June 21, 2022, in Seattle.
2 years ago

Surgeon general on new COVID vaccine rollout

ABCNL's Elizabeth Schulze sits with U.S. Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy and our panel to discuss the resurgence of COVID and the new booster shot.
2 years ago
VIDEO: Surgeon general on new COVID vaccine rollout
2 years ago

Former surgeon general rebukes DeSantis administration's claims on COVID vaccines

Florida's former surgeon general is speaking out against the DeSantis administration advising against updated COVID shots for people under 65.
2 years ago
Dr. Scott Rivkees speaks to the media as he is flanked by, Gov. Ron DeSantis, left, and Deputy Secretary for Health Dr. Shamarial Roberson, right, March 2, 2020, in Tampa.
2 years ago

COVID-19 shots will be free for most, regardless of insurance

The latest, updated COVID-19 vaccines should soon be available to everyone and offered largely free of cost, according to the CDC.
2 years ago
The Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine is prepared for administration at a vaccination clinic for homeless people, hosted by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health and United Way, Sept. 22, 2021 in Los Angeles.
2 years ago

CDC recommends new COVID-19 booster shots

The director advises that anyone 6 months and older should get at least one updated shot.
2 years ago
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2 years ago

CDC director stresses importance of updated COVID booster shot

"We'd all wish for COVID to be in the rearview mirror but, unfortunately, it's still here," CDC Director Mandy Cohen told ABC News.
2 years ago
In this May 26, 2020 file photo Dr. Mandy Cohen, secretary of the state Department of Health and Human Services, speaks during a briefing on the coronavirus pandemic at the Emergency Operations Center in Raleigh, N.C.
2 years ago

What to know as CDC recommends new booster amid rising cases, hospitalizations

The CDC recommended that all Americans aged 6 months and older receive the new COVID booster that targets currently circulating variants.
2 years ago
A vial of the Moderna COVID-19 booster vaccine targeting BA.4 and BA.5 Omicron sub variants is pictured at Skippack Pharmacy, Sept. 8, 2022, in Schwenksville, Pa.
2 years ago

CDC Director: COVID vaccines studied 'more than any vaccine in history'

ABC News' Linsey Davis spoke with new CDC Director Mandy Cohen about the approval of a new COVID booster shot and why she feels it is so important for vaccinated and unvaccinated people to get them.
2 years ago
VIDEO: CDC Director: COVID vaccines studied 'more than any vaccine in history'
2 years ago

CDC approves new COVID booster shot

It comes just a day after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized and approved the new shot.
2 years ago
VIDEO: CDC approves new COVID booster shot
2 years ago

COVID hospitalizations have risen for 2 months straight as new booster shots expected

Despite the continued rise, the most recent week was the smallest percent increase in the past 2 months, according to the CDC data.
2 years ago
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health Nurse Eliane McGhee prepares COVID-19 booster shot during the Los Angeles Comic Con at the Los Angeles Convention Center, Dec 2, 2022.
2 years ago

CDC expected to approve latest booster

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized and approved updated COVID-19 boosters on Monday amid rising cases and hospitalizations. CDC approval is the next step.
2 years ago
VIDEO: CDC expected to approve latest booster
2 years ago

CDC expected to recommend new COVID boosters made by both Moderna, Pfizer

COVID-19 hospitalizations are on the rise across the country; nearly 9% over the prior week.
2 years ago
VIDEO: CDC expected to recommend new COVID boosters made by both Moderna, Pfizer
2 years ago

FDA approves new COVID booster

The new shots now await approval from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control before they are available to the public.
2 years ago
VIDEO: FDA approves new COVID booster