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Cutting the isolation for positive cases to five days could lead to more infections if people don’t take masking seriously. A testing requirement, would have made the policy safer, experts say.

Nope they won’t put a microchip in you. And the side effects usually aren’t that bad. And if you want to get your HPV shot at the same time, that totally works. Read on for these and more answers.

As the country faces another wrenching milestone, there are signs of hope that we may be beating back the virus. But a brighter future won’t bring back precious lives lost.

With vaccine still scarce, and eligibility differing from place to place, some people have easier access to “extra” doses than others. Careful, ethicists warn. Going out of turn is a slippery slope.

Health experts say Biden’s American Rescue Plan offers bold national leadership for tackling the country’s public health crisis. It will likely get pared down.

A third of Black Americans are hesitant to get a COVID-19 vaccine, according to a Kaiser Family Foundation poll. Some Black doctors are finding creative ways to encourage vaccine acceptance.

A federal advisory committee voted to put adults 75 and over and frontline essential workers next in line for COVID-19 vaccines.

In the U.S., frontline health care workers are likely first in line to get immunized with a COVID-19 vaccine, once the FDA says yes. But what about the rest of us? Here’s what we know so far.

A federal advisory committee to the CDC votes Tuesday on guidelines for who should get COVID-19 vaccines first. The committee is expected to prioritize health care workers and nursing home residents.

Operation Warp Speed is allocating the first batch of 6.4 million COVID vaccines to states, based on population. This circumvents a CDC advisory committee, which proposed allocation based on risk.