Frances Stead Sellers

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Pediatricians besieged by parents seeking coronavirus shots for kids under 12

Some parents are actively scouting ways to get their children jabbed before the start of school.

The delta variant is putting America’s hospitals back in crisis mode

Hospitalizations – mostly of unvaccinated people – are rising nationwide as the country topped 900,000 cases last week for the first time since January.

Maine tries to shift some costs of recycling onto companies instead of taxpayers

With mountains of boxes and bubble wrap from online pandemic shopping now going in the trash, Maine is trying to enact what is known as an extended producer responsibility program.

The Johnson & Johnson pause hit just as the country needs to reach out to more Americans

Getting to the homebound, the homeless and the hesitant is easier with a one-dose vaccine

These are the pro-vaccine messages people want to hear

No single strategy works for everyone, but a combination of several types of messages and messengers are persuading on-the-fence folks to get the vaccine.