Rochester area parents offered a complicated reception to the new state requirement that students get a COVID vaccine booster to continue to participate in extracurricular activities if they’ve been exposed to the virus.
The U.S. is urging that everyone 12 and older get a COVID-19 booster as soon as they're eligible, to help fight back the hugely contagious omicron mutant that's ripping through the country.
The Rochester Institute of Technology is requiring students and staff to get COVID-19 boosters by Monday, Jan. 31, or within 14 days of becoming eligible.
The U.S. is expanding COVID-19 boosters as it confronts the omicron surge, with the Food and Drug Administration allowing extra Pfizer shots for children as young as 12.
Novavax Inc. said it filed data Friday with the Food and Drug Administration to support clearance of its long-anticipated COVID-19 vaccine, a different kind of shot than current U.S. options.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Thursday urged all Americans, regardless of vaccination status, to avoid cruise ship travel as COVID-19 cases surge across the U.S.
New York City's sweeping mandate requiring nearly all private-sector businesses to ban unvaccinated employees from the workplace took effect Monday amid a spike in coronavirus infections, leaving some employers grappling with thorny personnel decisions.
