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Evidence suggests that most Americans don’t yet require booster shots to bolster their defenses against the coronavirus, according to an advisory panel to the US Food and Drug Administration.

The tests are flying off drugstore shelves. Some schools and employers are using them in an effort to reduce transmission and quarantine times. And some people are requiring guests to use them before attending gatherings like weddings.

The debate over whether Americans should receive a booster dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine moved to a panel of independent expert advisers to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Friday.

An FDA advisory committee overwhelmingly rejected a third dose of Pfizer’s vaccine for most adults, but in an unexpected second vote authorized its use for those 65 and older and people at high risk of contracting severe Covid-19.

Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine seems to protect better against hospitalization than other US-authorized shots.

It's not clear if or when boosters doses of Covid-19 vaccines will be OK'd for fully vaccinated people in the United States, but state and local health departments across the United States are moving ahead with plans for a potential rollout next week.

Doctors like Durbin are stressing the vaccines are safe and many will not need a booster.

As companies continue to ramp up vaccine mandates to combat the contagious delta variant, some institutions are giving employees a chance to opt-out of getting the vaccine if they have a medical exemption.

A week before President Biden’s plan is to roll out, scientists are at odds about whether extra coronavirus shots are needed and for whom.

The delta mutation is causing a surge in COVID-19 cases, here in Idaho and across the country. This is not the first variant to spike infections — and it won’t be the last.

The pace of new infections is falling in some of the states that saw the earliest impact of the delta variant this past summer, while in states like West Virginia and Kentucky, the variant is still taking hold.

This fall’s crowded college and professional football stadiums could create ripe conditions for COVID-19 to spread among unvaccinated fans, experts say.