coronavirus vaccine

The Food and Drug Administration expanded authorization of Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID vaccine to enable kids ages 5 to 11 who were vaccinated at least five months ago to get a third shot.

On Wednesday, a panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear arguments in Miami.

A large share of the nearly 1 million people who died of COVID in the U.S. may have lived if they'd gotten vaccinated. A new analysis shows how many lives could have been saved across the country.

The CDC says about 1 in 3 Americans 65 and older who completed their initial vaccination round still have not received a first booster shot.

USF Health professor Jill Roberts provides some possible explanations for this drop, including vaccine hesitancy that the COVID-19 pandemic intensified.

Dr. Scott Rivkees contradicts much of the evidence given by Florida’s health department in recommending that healthy children need not be vaccinated for COVID-19.

At the beginning of the vaccine rollout in 2021, data show Latinos lagged behind whites in vaccination uptake. In Florida, that trend is reversing with Latinos now taking the lead.

Hospitals in the region say most of their staff have received COVID-19 vaccines. Those that haven't could face penalties.

The CDC recommended the extra shot as an option but stopped short of urging that those eligible rush out and get it right away.

Sens. Robert Casey Jr. and Ron Wyden want a probe into what barriers are keeping Medicaid plans from reaching enrollees.