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Max Bookman, 34, and his daughter, Cara, 2, of the Upper East Side, were among the first in line for the COVID-19 vaccine. Bookman has been waiting her whole life for this moment: Cara has never been to a grocery store and has never visited the city’s world-renowned museums.

The data prompting the new "medium" designation does not encompass COVID-19 cases detected on at-home tests, which are increasingly common during this stage of the pandemic.

The Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID shots will be rolled out for youngsters starting Wednesday at ten different city-run sites across NYC.

Vaccinate and celebrate.

The plan, which comes ahead of this weekend’s expected final go-ahead from the feds on pediatric vaccinations, is focused on distributing doses via local doctor’s offices and 10 new city-run vaccine hubs, Adams’ office said.

The Food and Drug Administration’s action follows its advisory panel’s unanimous recommendation for the shots from Moderna and Pfizer. That means U.S. kids under 5 — roughly 18 million youngsters — are eligible for the shots.

A vax for tots is on the way.

Fauci, 81, has been fully vaccinated and received two booster shots.

The report released Tuesday accuses the Trump administration of failing to properly oversee the $378 billion Economic Injury Disaster Loan program.

As a result, Jackman will miss some upcoming performances of “The Music Man” but plans to return to the stage next week.

The FDA said children who received Pfizer’s shots during testing developed high levels of virus-fighting antibodies expected to protect them against coronavirus.

The U.S. will lift a requirement that international travelers flying into the U.S. receive coronavirus tests before lift off, a pandemic landmark reached after global COVID cases tallies fell sharply.

Moderna’s latest iteration of the COVID-19 booster yields a stronger immune response to omicron than its current treatment, according to officials.

The Novavax vaccine was 90% effective in clinical trials, but those tests were done in early 2021, before the omicron variant emerged and decreased vaccines’ ability to prevent infection.

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Pfizer is sinking $120 million into a Michigan factory to drastically increase its production and supply of its oral COVID-19 treatment, the pharmaceutical company announced Monday.

Johnson died from COVID-19 complications on Feb. 18, but his death wasn’t widely reported until this week.

The Special Olympics begin June 5 in Orlando.

American children younger than 5 may be able to receive initial COVID vaccine doses as soon as June 21, if the Food and Drug Administration authorizes the jabs, the White House said Thursday.

Andrew was expected to make an appearance Friday.

Man’s best friend might also be an enemy to COVID-19.

The bill, which will be introduced by Manhattan Borough President Mark Levine and Councilman Keith Powers at the Council’s Thursday meeting, would lift the 4% tax on commercial rents business below 96th Street in Manhattan for three years.

New York State’s weeklong COVID case rate has fallen every day for two weeks, tumbling to its lowest level in more than a month, Gov. Hochul’s office said Tuesday.

Adams drew the parallel to the 1941 attack while delivering remarks onboard the USS Intrepid, which was active as a fighter vessel during World War II.

In a pandemic clouded by uncertainty and unpredictability, nurses worry that abandoning seemingly tried-and-true methods to limit the spread of COVID-19 will strain hospitals amid an ongoing staffing crisis and as new variants develop.

Public health officials plan to offer the highly effective anti-viral drug to patients at testing sites so they can begin treatment immediately after testing positive for COVID.

With a growing number at home tests, the actual number of new cases in New York State could be up to 5 times higher than officials are reporting, data from the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation shows. The institute estimates that only 19% of positive COVID cases in the state are being detected.

Sweden is bracing itself for a fall-winter coronavirus surge by recommending anyone who is pregnant or over age 65 get a fifth COVID vaccine shot.

New York's daily coronavirus death tolls have climbed after slipping into the single digits some days last month, and the state announced 24 more deaths on Monday. But the sustained case decline offered a welcome signal for the virus-weary Empire State.

The world-famous infectious disease doctor told the Ivy Leaguers to be on alert for leaders who spew lies to further their own political ends at the expense of the public good.

Three doses of a child-size Pfizer vaccine is not just safe but effective for children between the ages of 6 months and 5 years old, the company said Monday.

Expect the feds to authorize coronavirus vaccinations for kids under 5 in the coming weeks, says Dr. Ashish Jha, the White House COVID response coordinator.

The coronavirus pandemic is far from over, WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus warned on Sunday at the opening of the U.N. health body's annual meeting, and to scale back testing without vaccinating more people is a recipe for "peril."

The extension from the Broadway League, a trade group that sets coronavirus policy on Broadway, comes as New York rides out another COVID wave, the latest driven by uber-contagious subvariants of the omicron strain.

Kids a few years out of booster seats may soon be getting booster shots.

The world has learned little from the coronavirus pandemic – and we are not using the know-how we did gain to prevent or deal with another one, a panel convened by the World Health Organization said this week.

President Biden’s daughter Ashley Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 on the verge of a Latin America trip with the First Lady and has had to bow out.

Eric Clapton, who has railed against lockdowns and vaccines, has tested positive for COVID-19.

“As the highly transmissible subvariants of omicron drive a rise in cases in parts of the country, free and accessible tests will help slow the spread of the virus,” the White House said in its announcement.

About a third of the 1 million lives lost to COVID-19 could have been saved with vaccines, a new analysis shows.