The Hempfield Area School Board this month will consider a number of possible changes to the district’s health and safety plan related to masking and quarantine periods. The first amendment would ...

Este artículo estará disponible en español en El Tiempo Latino. In recent interviews, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has minimized the risk COVID-19 poses to kids and ...

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Vaccines using mRNA technology have been studied for decades, experts say. Over the last several days, the safety and efficacy of messenger RNA, or mRNA, vaccines have come under intense scrutiny. On ...

Pregnant women looking for a COVID-19 vaccine may find it harder to get one this year. While top medical societies recommend pregnant women get a COVID shot to protect both themselves and their unborn ...

A study of female U.S. service members found that getting a COVID-19 vaccine before or during pregnancy didn't raise the risk ...

The Public Health Department's improved dashboard includes data on real-time spread and vaccination rates for the three ...