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An advisory panel to the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday recommended the agency push to field new COVID-19 booster shots targeting the highly contagious omicron variant, a move some hope will offer a boost in the fight against the rapidly evolving coronavirus—but the most vulnerable populations shouldn’t wait till the fall to get an updated shot, experts say.
 

U.S. health authorities are facing a critical decision: whether to offer new COVID-19 booster shots this fall that are modified to better match recent changes of the shape-shifting coronavirus.
 

Scientists widely agree that race is a social construct, yet it is often conflated with biology, leaving the impression that a person’s race governs how the body functions.
 

Congress and the Supreme Court took big steps in opposite directions last week, in the country's long standing debate on whether and how to regulate guns.
 

The US effectively banned Juul after the FDA ordered the e-cigarette maker to remove its popular products from the marketplace. Experts have hailed the move as significant. But they are also concerned that such efforts are failing to keep up with a fast-moving vaping industry – one where young people leap quickly from one product to another.
 

The partisan 6-3 decision rules out “any means-end test” in concealed-carry laws, eschewing scientific evidence of the dangers of firearms.
 

The U.S. The Supreme Court struck down New York’s restrictions on concealed carry gun permits in a 6-3 split, which means Maryland’s gun laws may have to change.
 

Thursday’s Supreme Court ruling that struck down a New York gun law requiring people to demonstrate a particular need for carrying a gun in order to get a license to carry one in public has no immediate impact on other laws, including rules on background checks and age requirements for gun purchases.
 

As with their adult counterparts, the kids’ editions of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines are not identical. Here, we break down everything we know about the options, including some pros and cons you might want to consider if you have a choice of which kind of vaccine appointment to book.
 

In response to the pandemic, leading experts are calling for a reassessment of public health efforts. More money is only part of the solution.
 

Baltimore County health officials kicked off the first day of expanded vaccine eligibility Tuesday with children as young as six months. Tuesday marked the first day for children aged six months to five years old can get vaccinated against COVID-19.
 

The E.U. has prohibited some pigments, deeming them potentially hazardous to humans. Artists and manufacturers around the world are struggling to find replacements.