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The window of opportunity is closing to take advantage of New York City’s $100 vaccine incentive program, which ends on Feb. 28. Mayor Eric Adams relaunched the incentive more than two weeks ago in hopes of getting more residents vaccinated and boosted. Both first doses and booster doses earn New Yorkers $100 through the end of February. Prepaid cards will…

Mayor Eric Adams said he intended to drop to key mandates designed to slow the spread of COVID-19 on March 7 if key indicators hold. NBC New York’s Adam Harding reports.

Roughly 95% of the city’s 370,000 municipal workers have received at least one dose, meaning there are less than 3,000 unvaccinated employees and less than 1% are poised to be dismissed Friday. NBC New York’s Rana Novini reports.

New York City is bringing back the $100 COVID-19 booster incentive starting Saturday. The incentive aims to get New York City residents vaccinated and boosted. Mayor Eric Adams announced Friday that the city will relaunch the incentive for New Yorkers who get their first dose or boosted at a city-run or SOMOS site through the end of the month. Both…

Less than 24 hours after the FDA and CDC gave the OK for teens to get COVID-19 boosters, young Long Islanders were waiting in line to get their shot. Greg Cergol reports.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated guidelines for Pfizer COVID-19 boosters, shortening the time from second dose to booster to five months.

The FDA expanded COVID-19 booster eligibility on Monday for children as young as 12. The CDC must still decide whether to recommend a third dose for the younger teens before they are available.

Former president Donald Trump says he received a booster shot of the COVID-19 vaccine, drawing boos from a crowd in Dallas

Private and public universities across the tri-state are plotting the next steps on whether to require a COVID booster shot for students and faculty as the omicron variant spreads. Wesleyan University is a private liberal arts school in Middletown, Conn. It was one of the first institutions in the northeast to make the call to require the booster before entering...

NYU, Syracuse and Wesleyan Universities will require students and faculty to receive a Covid booster before entering the spring semester. Will other tri-state colleges follow suit? NBC New York’s Linda Gaudino reports.

NYU said it will require all eligible members of the school community, including students and faculty, to receive the COVID-19 booster before the spring semester, and the university is not alone in grappling with the decision to require the booster

The CDC is urging people 50 and older to get a COVID booster vaccine after the FDA has given their approval for the use of booster doses of both the Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines for everyone over 18. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s director signed off on boosters for all adults late Friday.

Although New York City issued an advisory allowing all adults who want a booster to get one in an attempt to beat the rising COVID-19 cases, some are finding out it is not as seamless of a process as they thought. In Lower Manhattan, Renata Prentes was getting a COVID-19 test Thursday, before her Thanksgiving travel. She got a booster…

Everyone in New York City is eligible for a booster six months after their final COVID-19 vaccine dose. But as Andrew Siff reports, the city-specific policy is causing some confusion.

NYC is reminding New Yorkers that it is important to get tested before the holidays, as COVID cases rise in NYC and City Hall doubles the mobile COVID testing vans on the streets. NBC New York’s Andrew Siff reports.

One week into the school year, NYC is overhauling its COVID safety policy. Romney Smith reports.

New Jerseyans are getting booster shots of the Pfizer COVID-19 shot. Brian Thompson reports.

Pfizer and BioNTech say a third dose of its COVID-19 vaccine could extend protection against the virus.