The U.S. government will pay the vaccine maker Moderna $176 million to accelerate development of a pandemic influenza vaccine.

Asian shares have churned higher after the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed to another record high.

Americans can now get an updated COVID-19 vaccine.

The next round of COVID-19 vaccines will target one of the latest versions of the coronavirus.

Moderna’s CEO is defending a plan to more than quadruple the company’s COVID-19 vaccine price.

Shares of Merck and Moderna jumped early Tuesday after the drugmakers said a potential skin cancer vaccine they are developing using the same technology behind COVID-19 preventive shots did well in a mid-stage study.

Pfizer said its updated COVID-19 booster may offer some protection against newly emerging omicron mutants even though it’s not an exact match.

The updated COVID-19 boosters are now available throughout Washtenaw County.

Michigan health officials are planning to begin the rollout of newly updated COVID-19 booster shots this week.

The number of new coronavirus cases and deaths reported globally continued to fall nearly everywhere in the world in what the World Health Organization described as a “welcome decline” at a media briefing on Wednesday.

U.S. regulators have authorized updated COVID-19 boosters, the first to directly target today's most common omicron strain.

COVID-19 vaccines tweaked to better match today’s omicron threat are expected to roll out in a few weeks but how much will they help.

New coronavirus cases reported globally in the last week dropped by nearly a quarter while deaths fell by 6%.

British drug regulators have become the first in the world to authorize an updated version of Moderna’s coronavirus vaccine that aims to protect against the original virus and the omicron variant.

The clinics “are part of a continued effort by the Ann Arbor YMCA to support Washtenaw and Southern Livingston Counties through the Covid-19 pandemic,” YMCA officials said in a release.

A court ruling is back in effect that blocks President Joe Biden from requiring federal employees to get vaccinated against COVID-19.

Pfizer says tweaking its COVID-19 vaccine to better target the omicron variant is safe and boosts protection.

Both the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines will be offered at the Washtenaw County Health Department’s ongoing COVID-19 clinic at 555 Towner St. in Ypsilanti.

Hear experts from U-M discuss vaccinating babies to five-year-old children in a livestream on Thursday.

The nation’s youngest children are getting their chance at vaccines for COVID-19.

U.S. health officials have opened COVID-19 vaccines for infants, toddlers and preschoolers — the last group without the shots.

U.S. regulators have authorized the first COVID-19 shots for infants and preschoolers.

A government advisory panel has endorsed a second brand of COVID-19 vaccine for school-age children and teens.

A review by federal health officials says that Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine appears safe and effective for children under 5, the only group not currently eligible for vaccination.

Next week brings a marathon of hearings as the U.S. decides whether to open COVID-19 vaccinations to kids under 5.

Moderna says its experimental COVID-19 vaccine that combines its original shot with protection against the omicron variant appears to work.

Parents hoping to get their youngest children vaccinated against COVID-19 have some encouraging news.

Free COVID-19 vaccinations will be available at three vaccine clinics at Ann Arbor YMCA’s downtown location, 400 W. Washington St., this week.

The clinic will take place in the Parish Activity Center of the St. Francis of Assisi Parish at 2250 E. Stadium Blvd.

U.S. regulators are strictly limiting who can receive Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine due to a rare but serious risk of blood clots.

Pfizer now hopes to tell U.S. regulators how well its COVID-19 vaccine works in the littlest kids by early June.

The Food and Drug Administration has set tentative dates in June to publicly review COVID-19 vaccines for the youngest American children.

Moderna is asking U.S. regulators to open its COVID-19 vaccine to the nation's youngest children.

EMU will welcome walk-ins at its final community vaccine clinic of the semester this weekend.

Moderna hopes to offer updated COVID-19 boosters in the fall that combine the original vaccine with protection against the latest variant.

Three upcoming vaccine clinics at the Ann Arbor YMCA are free and open to the public.

Eligible individuals can now get their second booster dose at the Washtenaw County Health Department.

Many Americans can now get a second COVID-19 booster, but it’s hard to tell who really needs another shot right now and who could wait.

Americans age 50 and older can get a second COVID-19 booster if it’s been at least four months since their last vaccination.

In kids, the first question is simply whether the vaccine is safe, and on that account, the answer is yes. Although the study wasn’t large enough to detect any infrequent side effects, most of those seen when a low dose Moderna vaccine was given to these young children were in the same range that we see with any other, as pediatric vaccine safety isn’t really the issue. The question is, how effective is it?

Moderna says it will ask regulators to authorize its COVID-19 vaccine for children under 6 but several hurdles need to be cleared before the shots could become available.

Moderna says its COVID-19 vaccine works in babies, toddlers and preschoolers.

Drugmaker Moderna has asked the Food and Drug Administration to authorize a fourth shot of its COVID-19 vaccine as a booster dose for all adults.

Many people want to know what to expect next as we enter the third year of the COVID pandemic.

Moderna says it has signed a memorandum of understanding with Kenya’s government for the drugmaker's first mRNA vaccine manufacturing facility in Africa.

The World Health Organization is creating a global training center to help poorer countries make vaccines, antibodies and cancer treatments using the messenger RNA technology used to make COVID-19 vaccines.

Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, South Africa and Tunisia will be the first African countries to receive the technology required to produce mRNA vaccines on the continent.

Tokyo has launched a mass inoculation drive for COVID-19 booster shots at a temporary center operated by the military as Japan tries to speed up delayed third jabs to counter surging infections.

Moderna has begun testing an omicron-specific version of its COVID-19 vaccine in healthy adults.

Haiti's health minister says the country is fighting a rise in COVID-19 cases as the government struggles to convince people to get vaccinated.

Adult doses, children’s doses and booster shots will be available.

Here is the CDC’s most recent update to COVID-19 booster shot eligibility -- as of Dec. 28, 2021.

The clinic will be held in Ballroom A of the EMU Student Center between 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Cahoots will be offering a walk-in COVID vaccine clinic on Thursday.

U.S. officials are loosening rules that call on health care workers to stay out of work for 10 days if they test positive for COVID-19.

Moderna said Monday that a booster dose of its COVID-19 vaccine should offer protection against the rapidly spreading omicron variant.

U.S. health officials say most Americans should get the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines instead of the Johnson & Johnson shot.

U.S. health officials say most Americans should get the Pfizer or Moderna vaccines instead of the Johnson & Johnson shot.

One year ago this week, the first COVID-19 vaccines were administered.

U-M officials issue guidance to school community ahead of holiday travel.

The CDC expanded its booster recommendation to include teens ages 16 and 17 on Thursday.

Vaccine makers are racing to update their COVID-19 shots against omicron even before it’s clear a change is needed, just in case.

Researchers from the University of Michigan found that natural COVID infections provided some protection against reinfection in a community in Nicaragua.

Asian shares are mixed as investors continue to cautiously weigh how much damage the new omicron coronavirus variant may unleash on the global economy.

Since the coronavirus pandemic began, Dr. Frank McGeorge has been keeping viewers up-to-date and informed on all fronts.

Michigan has hit a new milestone in the race to vaccinate residents against COVID-19.

The NBA has told its players, coaches and referees that they should receive booster shots against the coronavirus, with particular urgency for those who received the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

Moderna is scaling back expectations for the number of COVID-19 vaccine deliveries it expects to make this year and the revenue it will record from them.

Since the coronavirus pandemic began, Dr. Frank McGeorge has been keeping viewers up-to-date and informed on all fronts.

Moderna says it will make up to 110 million doses of its COVID-19 vaccine available to African countries.

Moderna says its low-dose COVID-19 vaccine is safe and appears to work in 6- to 11-year-olds.

The boosters will be available at October drive-through clinics and ongoing walk-in clinics by the Washtenaw County Health Department.

A team of young scientists in South Africa is assembling the equipment needed to reverse engineer Moderna's coronavirus vaccine.

Michiganders who are eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine booster dose are urged to do so now.

Michiganders who are eligible to receive a COVID-19 vaccine booster dose from Johnson & Johnson or Moderna are urged to do so now.

Millions more Americans are now eligible for COVID-19 boosters, and they can get a different vaccine than their first shots.

Federal health officials say millions more Americans can get a COVID-19 booster and choose a different vaccine for that next shot.

U.S. regulators are extending COVID-19 boosters to Americans who got the Moderna or Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

Federal regulators are expected to authorize the mixing and matching of COVID-19 booster shots this week.

The Food and Drug Administration is expected to announce this week people will be able to receive a COVID-19 vaccine booster shot with a vaccine from a different manufacturer than their original doses, according to reports in the New York Times, Washington Post and Wall Street Journal.

COVID-19 booster shots are an extra dose of the original vaccine, and some experts wonder why they weren't updated to better match the delta variant.

The outside panel of experts voted unanimously in favor of offering Moderna boosters to specific groups of people, at least six months after their second dose.

A panel of U.S. health advisers has endorsed booster shots for Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine.

The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) vaccine advisory panel is set to meet Thursday and Friday, Oct. 14-15, over Moderna and Johnson & Johnson booster shots.

The Food and Drug Administration’s vaccine advisory panel is set to meet Thursday and Friday, Oct. 14-15, and we are getting our first look at the data the panel will be using to make its recommendation on booster shots for Moderna and Johnson & Johnson.

With many Americans who got Pfizer vaccinations already rolling up their sleeves for a booster shot, millions of others who received the Moderna or Johnson & Johnson vaccine wait anxiously to learn when it’s their turn.

The chairman of Moderna says the company has no plans to share the recipe for its COVID-19 vaccine because executives have concluded that scaling up their own production is the best way to increase the global supply.

The United Nations chief says the pandemic has forced more than 100 million people into poverty and left over 4 billion people with little or no social support, health care or income protection.

The European Union’s drug regulator has given its backing to booster shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for people 18 and older.

Since the coronavirus pandemic began, Dr. Frank McGeorge has been keeping viewers up-to-date and informed on all fronts. He’s been answering your questions about the vaccine, the vaccination process and more.

The Washtenaw County Health Department is expanding its COVID-19 vaccine clinics to include a drive-thru in its parking lot.

In a story published September 27, 2021, about vaccine mandates for health care workers, The Associated Press erroneously reported that Dr. Jeff Smith was the CEO of Cedars-Sinai Medical Center.

The Washtenaw County Health Department will begin administering Pfizer booster shots on Tuesday.

Health officials are still stressing that more needs to be done to end the pandemic.

Millions of Americans are now eligible to receive a Pfizer booster shot to help increase their protection against the worst effects of the coronavirus.

Millions of Americans are now eligible to receive a Pfizer booster shot to help increase their protection against the worst effects of the coronavirus.

In a COVID-19 video update delivered on Wednesday, Loveluck shared news about the ongoing pandemic within the county, which was moved to a “high” level of community transmission.

Vietnam is speeding up its vaccination program in an effort to loosen coronavirus lockdown restrictions in major cities by the end of the month.

The Food and Drug Administration released the following statement Friday, Sept. 10, 2021 as COVID-19 makers are racing to submit clinical data seeking regulatory approval for vaccines in children younger than 12.

Africa’s already thin supply of COVID-19 vaccines has taken another significant hit.