Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan said state health officials have authorized the immediate use of COVID-19 booster shots for more Marylanders.

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A $3 million vaccine canvassing program is benefiting 26 community groups statewide, including in some targeted minority or vaccine-hesitant areas.

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U.S. government advisers recommended booster doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for millions of older or otherwise vulnerable Americans.

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Families and patients have a new online tool to compare COVID-19 vaccination rates among nursing homes, Medicare announced.

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Pfizer said Monday that its COVID-19 vaccine works for children ages 5 to 11 and that it will seek U.S. authorization for this age group soon.

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A federal panel overwhelmingly rejected a plan to give Pfizer COVID-19 booster shots to most Americans, but it endorsed them for those 65 or older or at higher risk.

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Religious objections, once used sparingly to get exempted from required vaccines, are becoming a more widely used loophole against the COVID-19 shot.

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Gaithersburg-based Emergent BioSolutions Inc. and Providence Therapeutics have entered into an agreement to support Providence's COVID-19 vaccine development.

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Larger U.S. businesses now won't have to decide whether to require their employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Doing so is now federal policy.

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President Joe Biden on Thursday is announcing sweeping new federal vaccine requirements affecting as many as 100 million Americans.

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