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Covid-19 live updates: Moderna’s vaccine receives full FDA approval

Moderna’s vaccine, now known as Spikevax, was previously available under emergency use authorization.

Nurses made $1.5 million selling fake vaccination cards, prosecutors say

Julie DeVuono and Marissa Urraro, of New York, were arrested last week and charged with forgery after making more than a million dollars in less than three months, authorities said.

Bed rest after hospitalization may hamper recovery for older patients

In-hospital exercise programs could provide the jump-start that older people need to maintain their functionality at home, study suggests.

A quarter of U.S. adults are inactive

Inactivity is highest in the South (27.5 percent) and lowest in the West (21 percent), CDC says.

Online archives where scientists post their research spark information revolution

Called preprint servers, these free sites allow the public to read such studies before their formal publication. They are shifting how people approach new research, experts say.

With rising covid cases, young people should consider advance-care planning

Advance-care planning is an important way for people to participate in their own medical care, medical experts say.

Hepatitis C is a growing threat to moms and babies. But screening is inadequate.

Obstetricians already routinely screen women for hepatitis B, HIV and syphilis, but not always for hepatitis C, even though the disease is often more prevalent.

America’s split-screen pandemic: Many families resume their lives even as hospitals are overwhelmed

Should we move on? Stay home until omicron wanes? Dueling realities characterize the 23rd month of a crisis that people expected would long be over.

Lack of Medicare coverage for at-home coronavirus tests sparks outcry

Members of Congress and advocates for older Americans have dispatched vehement letters to President Biden and his health secretary in recent days.

Covid-19 live updates: Most Americans say pandemic will be over when virus becomes comparable to seasonal flu

Most Americans believe that getting vaccinated is important to ending the pandemic, but Democrats are much more likely to think widespread immunization is needed.