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The Department of the Navy issued an apology letter Friday to former military personnel "unjustly removed" from service because of the COVID vaccine mandate during the Biden administration. Under ...

(AP) - Dr. Molly O’Shea has noticed growing skepticism about vaccines at both of her Michigan pediatric offices and says this week’s unprecedented and confusing changes to federal vaccine guidance ...

Laura holds a Master's in Experimental Neuroscience and a Bachelor's in Biology from Imperial College London. Her areas of expertise include health, medicine, psychology, and neuroscience. Laura holds ...

Chelsea Cirruzzo is a Washington correspondent at STAT, where she covers HHS. You can reach Chelsea on Signal at chelseacirruzzo.42. Helen Branswell covers issues broadly related to infectious ...

The risk of a child dying from a COVID-19 vaccine is far lower than dying in a car accident. COVID-19 vaccines are effective in preventing hospitalizations, urgent care visits and long COVID in ...

Editor’s note: This story, published at 2:02 p.m. Dec. 31, was updated at 10:55 a.m. Jan. 3, 2026, to correct the spelling of the first name of Dr. Kawsar Talaat. On Nov. 20, Gov. Wes Moore (D) ...