How to Support Your Immune System
There are a few ways you can reduce the severity of seasonal illnesses.
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Vaccines
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What to Know About COVID-19 Booster Shots
Who is eligible? Can you mix and match? The latest on booster shots.
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Is a COVID-19 Booster Shot In Your Future?
Answering that question may depend a lot on new variants.
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What Are COVID “Human Challenge” Trials? Are They Ethical?
Volunteers in the UK will soon be deliberately infected with the coronavirus, and experts are divided over it. Here's why.
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Your COVID Vaccine Questions, Answered
FAQs about the largest mass-vaccination campaign in US history.
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Getting a Flu Shot Is More Important Than Ever This Year
Flu season is coming and COVID isn't leaving. Widespread flu vaccination can help us handle dueling viruses. Will we rise to the occasion?
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Is the US Measles Crisis Almost Over?
We're not out of the woods yet. Here's a primer on why the contagious virus is back and what might happen next.
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