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“There is no excuse for anyone being unvaccinated,” President Joe Biden said Tuesday. “This continues to be a pandemic of the unvaccinated.”

Flu cases are on the rise once again in the United States after reaching an all-time low last year.

“The unvaccinated are responsible for their own choices,” President Joe Biden said on Tuesday. “Those choices have been fueled by cable TV and social media. These companies and personalities are making money by peddling lies and misinformation that can kill their own customers and own supporters. It’s wrong. It’s immoral.”

Nations across Europe are moving to reimpose tougher measures to stem a new wave of COVID-19 infections spurred by the highly transmissible omicron variant

U.S. officials say all of the military services have now begun disciplinary actions and discharges for troops who have refused to get the mandated coronavirus vaccine, with as many as 20,000 unvaccinated forces at risk of being removed from service.

Health officials say pets and another animals can get the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, but the risk of them spreading it to people is low.

A federal appeals court panel has lifted a nationwide ban against President Joe Biden’s vaccine mandate for health workers, creating the potential for patchwork enforcement across the country

The chief of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says more than 40 people in the country have been found to be infected with the omicron variant so far and more than three-quarters of them had been vaccinated

Pfizer says a booster dose of its COVID-19 vaccine may offer protection against the omicron variant even though the initial two doses appear slightly less effective

New York has announced three more cases of the omicron variant of the coronavirus, bringing to eight the number of state cases linked to the new variant.

A dentist in Italy faces possible criminal charges after trying to receive a coronavirus vaccine in a fake arm made of silicone

The Biden administration announced Friday that it is sending nine million Covid vaccine doses to Africa amid growing concerns about the omicron variant.

Cases of the omicron variant of the coronavirus popped up in countries on opposite sides of the world Sunday and many governments rushed to close their borders

A new variant, named B.1.1.529, was named a “variant of concern” by the World Health Organization and given the name “omicron” from the letter in the Greek alphabet.

President Joe Biden plans to require essential nonresident travelers crossing U.S. land borders, such as truck drivers and emergency response officials, to be fully vaccinated beginning on Jan. 22.

A batch of vials labeled “smallpox,” a deadly disease eradicated since the 1970s, was found in a freezer and immediately quarantined, the Centers for Disease Control told NBC10. An investigation into why they were there is underway.

The “Big Little Lies” star seemingly addressed a recent report surrounding her social media activity.

Less than half of U.S. adults get a flu shot…and it has real consequences for our health and the health of our loved ones. But those repercussions may never be as evident as they are during the pandemic, when unnecessary influenza cases can bog down an already-stressed hospital system. NBCLX’s Noah Pransky gets the facts about why you shouldn’t...

Health care giant Kaiser Permanente has put more than 2,200 employees nationwide on unpaid leave for choosing not to get vaccinated against the coronavirus.