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It will be hard to determine how many of those 400,000 children are up-to-date on their required shots.

Federal health officials and the Alabama Department of Public Health are investigating nine cases of hepatitis in children 1-to-6 years old who were hospitalized between October 2021 and February 2022 with significant liver injury.

Shortly after the Milwaukee school district dropped a mask mandate for students and staff members, it announced that it was reinstating the requirement due to rising coronavirus transmission in the city.

A federal judge had concluded that the mandate exceeded CDC’s statutory authority.

The jury deliberated for seven days before finding William Husel not guilty on all 14 counts in what was one of the largest murder trials in Ohio history.

Here’s what we know about the science of masking to help you make decisions about if, when and where to cover your face.

Uncertainty about a fourth shot reflects the confusion about boosters that has dogged the government’s vaccination campaign.

Delta rewrote the statement after public health experts, and others, accused the airline of spreading misinformation after the mask mandate was lifted Monday.

Moderna is testing shots that combine multiple versions of the coronavirus as a possible booster.

Roughly 100 scientists will analyze data and communicate policy options to decision-makers and the public about how the virus is behaving and who is most at risk — in user-friendly terms.