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The FDA has given vaccine-makers the green light to develop omicron-specific Covid vaccines. Here's what you should know about those upcoming shots.

One death and nearly two dozen hospitalizations are being tied to a new listeria outbreak of unknown origin.

The infectious-disease expert was feeling "really poorly" and began a second round of Paxlovid.

Nobody wants to infect their friends and friendly, but do you really have to keep isolating at day 12, 13 or beyond? Unfortunately — and perhaps unsurprisingly — the science is not entirely settled.

The News4JAX Trust Index team is taking a look at a claim in a political commercial for Georgia Democratic candidate for governor Stacey Abrams.

The Department of Health and Human Services will make 296,000 doses available in the coming weeks, and expects a total of 1.6 million doses to be available in the U.S. by the end of the year.

The U.S. will deploy nearly 300,000 monekypox vaccine doses in the coming weeks in an effort to stamp out an outbreak of the virus that continues to grow.

For most of the past month, the state has averaged between 10,000 and 11,000 cases a day reported to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Good afternoon, Chicago. Here's what is happening today.

The World Health Organization said the escalating monkeypox outbreak in more than 50 countries should be closely monitored but does not warrant being declared a global health emergency.

Sulzbacher Village Pediatric Health Center held a vaccination event Saturday.

British officials said the monkeypox outbreak U.K. is continuing to grow across the country mainly among men who are gay or bisexual or other men who have sex with men.

There is now a second COVID-19 option for kids ages 6 to 17 in the U.S. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday announced it is recommending Moderna shots as an option for school-age kids and teens.

The White House COVID-19 response team is urging parents to get their young children vaccinated as the country begins to rollout vaccines to the youngest population.

Moderna's request had been stalled for months as regulators studied whether it posed a higher risk of rare heart inflammation side effects.

CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky is expected to sign off on the recommendation later Thursday,.

After six men who have sex with men were reported dead from a meningococcal outbreak in Florida, the CDC is urging others to get a vaccination.

The Biden administration has started shipping testing kits for monkeypox to commercial laboratories, in a bid to speed diagnostic tests for suspected infections for the virus that has already infected at least 142 people in the U.S. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is sending tests to commercial labs, including Aegis Science, Labcorp, Mayo Clinic Laboratories, Quest Diagnostics and Sonic Healthcare, which it said would significant expand the nation’s health system’s capacity to...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Florida Department of Health are investigating what is being called one of the worst outbreaks of meningococcal disease in U.S. history.

This is the second time a "super gonorrhea" strain has been detected. Another multi-drug resistant strain was found in 2018 in multiple countries.

British health officials will start offering vaccines to men who are gay or bisexual or have sex with men, who are at the highest risk of catching monkeypox, in an effort to curb the biggest outbreak of the disease beyond Africa.

The final signoff is expected later in the day from CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky.

The vaccinations for children as young as 6 months old could start next week. But first, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must sign off.

This week, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ended the COVID-19 testing rule for air passengers traveling to the U.S. from abroad. Should you still take a COVID test anyway?

British health officials have reported another 50 cases of monkeypox across the country, for a total of 574 cases.

The FDA's action allows the companies to begin shipping millions of preordered doses across the country.

The FDA's action allows the companies to begin shipping millions of preordered doses across the country.

U.S. regulators on Friday authorized the first COVID-19 shots for infants and preschoolers, paving the way for vaccinations to begin next week.

U.S. regulators have authorized the first COVID-19 shots for infants and preschoolers.

Before shots can be administered to kids as young as 6 months old, the CDC's vaccine advisers are scheduled to vote on updated recommendations this Saturday.

A month ago most of the Chicago area was at high transmission for COVID-19.

In a U.S. Senate committee hearing Thursday, the leaders of the Food and Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and other public health agencies told senators that the country should prepare for what might happen next.

COVID cases are trending upward again in the U.S. averaging over 100,000 new daily cases, up from under 30,000 in April, according to CDC data.

COVID cases are trending upward again in the U.S. averaging over 100,000 new daily cases, up from under 30,000 in April, according to CDC data.

Some people are still testing positive for Covid, even after their symptoms are gone. Here's what you need to know about it, and what to do if it happens to you.

The World Health Organization will convene its emergency committee to determine if the monkeypox outbreak that has mysteriously spread beyond Africa warrants being declared a global health emergency.

British health officials have detected another 104 cases of monkeypox in England in what has become the biggest outbreak beyond Africa of the normally rare disease.

The U.S. government is buying more monkeypox vaccine as a surprising international outbreak continues to grow.

British health officials say they cannot tell if the spread of monkeypox has peaked in the country.

The CDC will reevaluate the need for the testing requirement every 90 days and it could be reinstated if a troubling new variant emerges.

The Biden administration is lifting its requirement that international air travelers to the U.S. take a COVID-19 test within a day before boarding their flights.

The president's math adds up — but is he comparing apples and oranges?

British health officials have reported another 77 cases of monkeypox.

Genetic analysis of recent monkeypox cases suggests there are two distinct strains in the United States That raises the possibility that the virus has been circulating undetected for some time.

More than 100,000 people are killed or injured by gunfire in the United States each year. It is the leading cause of death for children between 1 and 19 years old, according to the CDC.

The White House expects Covid vaccinations for children under age 5 to begin as early as June 21, a senior health official said on Thursday. Dr. Ashish Jha, the White House Covid response coordinator, said the Biden administration will initially make 10 million doses of Pfizer and Moderna vaccines available to states, pharmacies and community health centers. States can begin placing orders on Friday, Jha said, but the vaccine doses will ship only after the Food and Drug Administration authorizes the shots. "We're going to ship doses out as fast as possible," Jha told reporters during White House press briefing. Children under age 5 are the only group left in the U.S. that is not eligible for Covid vaccination.

Pick up some fresh N95 masks from Amazon and Honeywell.

A federal district judge in April found the CDC's mask mandate to be unlawful.

The Justice Department argues that the order issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in early 2021 "falls easily within the CDC's statutory authority."

District Attorney Ben David speaks after Matthew Stallings pleaded guilty to the 2021 attempted murder of his estranged wife on Tuesday, May 31, 2022.

Rebound symptoms have been reported to occur two to eight days after a patient initially recovers.

Rebound symptoms have been reported to occur two to eight days after a patient initially recovers.

Organic strawberries linked to hepatitis A outbreak were sold at HEB, Trader Joe's and other food stores.

Organic strawberries linked to hepatitis A outbreak were sold at HEB, Trader Joe's and other food stores.

Nigeria has recorded its first death from monkeypox in 2022 while Congo has confirmed nine deaths and 465 cases this year.

The World Health Organization’s top monkeypox expert said she doesn’t expect the hundreds of cases reported to date to turn into another pandemic.

The World Health Organization says nearly 200 cases of monkeypox have been reported in more than 20 countries not usually known to have outbreaks of the unusual disease, but described the epidemic as “containable” and proposed creating a stockpile to equitably share the limited vaccines and drugs available worldwide.

Atlanta has had 66 shooting deaths so far this year, with Black males making up 56 of them.

Cases of monkeypox have been reported in 16 countries.

The coronavirus mutant that is now dominant in the United States spreads faster than its omicron predecessors, is adept at escaping immunity and might possibly cause more serious disease.

Americans urged not to eat an assorted treats and snacks amid a multistate salmonella outbreak that's sickened 14.

Americans urged not to eat an assorted treats and snacks amid a multistate salmonella outbreak that's sickened 14.

After a welcome lull in new COVID-19 cases in March following the winter omicron surge, cases are once again spiking, another uptick in the seemingly endless cycle of the pandemic’s virus spread.

"Respiratory spread is not the predominant worry. It is contact and intimate contact in the current outbreak setting and population," a CDC official said.

Federal officials warn against eating any of dozens of food items because of a multi-state salmonella outbreak.

Federal officials warn against eating any of dozens of food items because of a multistate salmonella outbreak.

Health authorities are urging careful assessment before expanding the use of smallpox vaccines to protect against monkeypox.

Parents hoping to get their youngest children vaccinated against COVID-19 have some encouraging news.

Belgium has become the first country to introduce a 21-day quarantine for monkeypox patients as cases spread across the globe.

A presumptive case of monkeypox is being investigated in South Florida.

Israeli authorities say they have detected the country’s first case of monkeypox in a man who returned from abroad and were looking into other suspected cases.

Consumers should double-check their jars of Jif peanut butter amid a recall, the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention say.

The World Health Organization on Friday confirmed about 80 cases of monkeypox with recent outbreaks reported in 11 countries. The outbreaks are unusual because they are occurring in countries where the virus is not endemic, according to the WHO. The virus is spread through close contact with people, animals or material infected with it. "As monkeypox spreads through close contact, the response should focus on the people affected and their close contacts," the WHO said. People in close contact with someone who is infectious are at higher risk of catching monkeypox.

Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the CDC, is urging older Americans to get Covid booster shots as hospitalizations rise substantially.

Scientists who have monitored numerous outbreaks of monkeypox in Africa say they are baffled by the disease’s recent spread in Europe and North America.

The CDC published updated data Thursday on counties at "medium" and "high" levels of COVID-19.

It's not just among kids — infections are on the rise nationwide.

If the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention agrees, as expected, it would open a third COVID-19 shot to healthy elementary-age kids.

The count of pediatric cases under investigation has grown since the agency's last update, but most of the increase represents previous cases that are just now being reported.

A new report finds far fewer Americans said “I do” during the first year of the pandemic when wedding plans were upended.

The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved children ages 5 to 11 to get a booster dose of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine.

The CDC says the number of tick-borne diseases, like Lyme disease, is increasing at a record pace.

During the first year of the pandemic, the homicide rate from guns rose 35% to the highest level since 1994, according to the CDC.

It is National Water Safety Awareness Month and according to the CDC, more children ages 1 to 4 die from drowning than any other cause of death except birth defects.

U.S. health officials are now looking into more than 100 possible cases of a mysterious and severe liver disease in children, including five deaths.

A new study has found clues about what's driving an increase in uterine cancer deaths, particularly among Black women.

The landscape has changed in many ways since the Supreme Court's landmark Roe v.

U.S. health officials are restating their recommendation that Americans wear masks on planes, trains and buses, despite a court ruling last month that struck down a national mask mandate on public transportation.

Government researchers say three out of every four U.S. children have been infected with the coronavirus.

The CDC is asking physicians nationwide to be on the lookout for these unusual cases.

Some doctors say it’s time to rename low-grade prostate cancer to eliminate the alarming C-word.

People will have to keep their masks on while flying on planes a little longer.

The Biden administration has announced it will extend through May 3 the nationwide mask requirement for airplanes and public transit as it monitors an uptick in COVID-19 cases.

According to the CDC, about one in 44 children have autism spectrum disorder. However, isolation during the pandemic has made it difficult to diagnose.

Finding out your child has autism might be a diagnosis you weren’t expecting, but pediatrician Dr. Bethany Atkins tells parents there’s no need for panic.

About 1 in 5 people have an STD and half of all new STD cases are in young people between the ages of 15 and 24, the Georgia Department of Public Health said.

The first year of the pandemic saw fewer Americans smoking.

When the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention released its weekly running count of reported cases of COVID-19 in Florida, Duval County was added to its list of counties now considered a medium COVID-19 Community Level.

Most Americans now live in places where healthy people, including students in schools, can safely take a break from wearing masks under new U.S. guidelines released Friday.

During a Friday call, the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention announced it would change its recommendations to remove or ease mask mandates in areas it sees as lower risk for COVID-19 transmission.