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Vaccine hesitancy is a problem for dogs too, study finds
Some dog owners are concerned about the risks of getting their animals vaccinated, according to a n…
Polly Thompson
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Bird flu could jump to humans any day. A former surgeon general says it feels like 2020 again.
H5N1 avian flu virus is spreading in cattle herds. Former surgeon general Jerome Adams, who served …
Morgan McFall-Johnsen
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COVID-19 vaccine can slash risk of post-infection heart failure by half, study finds
Research has shown that COVID-19 infections have the capability to cause unusual blood clots in mul…
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The US, UK, and Israel have all fallen far behind in the global vaccination race - the US now ranks 39th
The US, UK, and Israel were among the first to roll-out COVID-19 vaccines. Now, vaccination rates i…
Aylin Woodward
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The US ranks second highest among high-income countries in terms of vaccine hesitancy, one chart shows
Vaccinated people are less vulnerable to hospitalization and death from COVID-19. But one-quarter o…
Aylin Woodward
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How 4 Black Alabama women went door-to-door persuading people to get jabbed in one of the least vaccinated US states
Alabama is one of the least vaccinated states. As four Black women have found, community ties can c…
Mia Jankowicz
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Job boards for workplaces that specifically don't require COVID-19 vaccinations are popping up as more employers have started requiring the shot
"This job board is for sharing job openings that do not require employees to inject themselves with…
Kelsey Vlamis
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Amazon prominently touts work by anti-vaxxers and COVID conspiracy theorists, even after other platforms cut them off
As YouTube clamps down on anti-vaxxer content and Facebook faces scrutiny, Amazon's bookstore is ri…
Mia Jankowicz
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How one woman overcame her vaccine hesitancy: 'You call them anti-vaxxers - I believe a lot of them are just afraid'
Marie-Hélène Desmarais said people shouldn't let fear get in the way of protecting themselves fro…
Aria Bendix
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Think the pandemic isn't a big deal? That the government is using it to gain power and control? CDC Director Rochelle Walensky has a message for you, she tells us in The EIC Interview
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky on winning over vaccine-hesitant people: "Who is that trusted person…
Nicholas Carlson
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The sister of a man who died from COVID-19 after calling vaccines 'poison' wants people to get shots in her brother's memory
Alan Scott Lanoix, from Katy, Texas, who thought vaccines were "poison," spent 17 days on a ventila…
Joshua Zitser
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A woman held a vaccine clinic at her son's memorial. He died with COVID-19 after refusing to get the shot.
Bereaved Lousiana mother Betty Antoine offered vaccines to people at her son's memorial service, af…
Mia Jankowicz
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A vaccine-skeptic dad died from COVID-19, realizing too late that he should have got the shot, his doctor said
34-year-old Matthew Keenan said he wished he could 'turn back time' and get the shot after he got s…
Mia Jankowicz
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Arkansas doctor describes the 'regret and remorse' from dying COVID-19 patients who didn't get vaccinated
Dr Michael Bolding, working in Fayetteville, Arkansas, described seeing the brunt of the coronaviru…
Mia Jankowicz
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A woman in Alabama whose 28-year-old son died of COVID-19 regrets not getting vaccinated and said his last words were 'this is not a hoax, this is real'
"It took watching my son die and me suffering the effects of covid for us to realize we need the va…
Kelsey Vlamis
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Surging coronavirus cases and deaths in Russia show the Delta variant's havoc on a largely unvaccinated population
Russia's daily coronavirus cases have more than doubled in the last month, and deaths are climbing,…
Aria Bendix
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Fauci says vaccines should be mandated at the local level but the federal government will not mandate them
Dr. Anthony Fauci said some might be nervous that the shots had not been fully approved but added t…
Kelsey Vlamis
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Alabama is out of ICU beds amid a COVID-19 surge, with some patients being treated on gurneys in hallways, hospitals chief says
As of Tuesday, Alabama had more ICU patients than it had ICU beds, the head of the state's hospital…
Mia Jankowicz
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Vaccine regret went mainstream this week. Fear of getting sick could finally be encouraging some Americans to get their shots.
Daily vaccination rates are increasing in states with recent COVID-19 surges like Arkansas and Loui…
Aria Bendix
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A 22% surge in US coronavirus deaths is hitting unvaccinated people hardest. Experts worry about the long-term effects for vaccinated people, too.
Experts worry about breakthrough cases in older people or those who are immunocompromised, or the v…