The FDA and CDC now recommend a single COVID-19 bivalent booster dose. The bivalent booster dose specifically targets certain omicron sub-variants along with the original coronavirus strain. Both Moderna and Pfizer were approved for emergency use authorization on Sept. 2. The Moderna booster ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden's request for more than $47 billion in emergency funding to help Ukraine and tackle COVID-19, monkeypox and natural disasters is encountering deep skepticism from Senate Republicans, signaling a showdown ahead. The early resistance on the size and scope ...

ST. PAUL — A $2.4 million investment to continue Minnesota’s free nursing assistant training program to strengthen the state’s health care workforce pipeline, was announced last week by Gov. Tim Walz. The Next Generation Nursing Assistant initiative provides Minnesotans with free ...

For the first time since COVID-19 brought air travel to a standstill, the number of people streaming through U.S. airport-security checkpoints over a holiday weekend exceeded pre-pandemic levels. The summer travel season ended on a busy note as more than 8.7 million people passed through ...

LONDON (AP) — The U.K. will begin its autumn COVID-19 vaccination campaign in the coming weeks after authorizing booster shots made by Pfizer and Moderna that have been modified to target both the original virus and the widely circulating omicron variant. The Medicines and Healthcare ...

A free webinar, “Empowering Families: Strengthening Youth Mental Health,” will be hosted by Mayo Clinic Health System in response to increased anxiety and depression symptoms in people since the pandemic. Janice Schreier, a clinical therapist at Mayo Clinic Health System, will present ...