The agency is hoping to blunt any surge in COVID-19 cases or hospitalizations as part of a shift to treating the vaccine like getting a yearly flu shot.
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“I have no trouble testifying — we can defend and explain everything that we’ve said,” Dr. Anthony Fauci told reporters during a White House briefing last year.
Under the proposal from the Food and Drug Administration, Americans would no longer need to keep track of how many shots they have received.
The U.S., Japan, India, South Korea, Taiwan and Italy have announced testing requirements for passengers from China.
A Las Vegas man has been sentenced to five years in prison and ordered to pay more than $2.5 million in restitution for bilking the government out of millions of dollars.
The tweaked boosters have been modified to target today’s most common and contagious omicron relative of the coronavirus.
The Centers for Disease Control recommended the shots that target the newest omicron strains of COVID-19, including one for people 12 and older.
The Food and Drug Administration authorized use of the more traditional type of vaccine for those 18 and older.