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Parents face baby formula shortage after safety recall

Months of spot shortages at pharmacies and supermarkets have been exacerbated by the recall at Abbott, which was forced to shutter its largest manufacturing plant.

 
Sisolak pledges $20M to open psychatric ERs

Gov. Steve Sisolak and Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Berra have pledged millions for crisis stabilization centers and for three-digit emergency lifeline.

 
CDC expected to ease mask mandates

The Biden administration will significantly loosen federal mask-wearing guidelines to protect against COVID-19 transmission on Friday, according to two people familiar with the matter.

 
Pfizer asks FDA to allow COVID vaccine for kids under 5

In an extraordinary move, the Food and Drug Administration had urged Pfizer and its partner BioNTech to apply earlier than the companies had planned.

 
Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine gets full FDA approval

The decision was bolstered by real-world evidence from the more than 200 million doses administered in the U.S. since the FDA cleared the shot in December 2020.

 
CDC shortens COVID isolation, quarantine recommendations

U.S. health officials on Monday cut isolation restrictions for Americans who catch the coronavirus from 10 to five days, and shortened the time that close contacts need to quarantine.

 
Biden pledges free at-home COVID tests to counter omicron

President Joe Biden announced Tuesday that the government would provide 500 million free rapid tests, increase support for hospitals and redouble vaccination and boosting efforts.

 
Pfizer says COVID booster adds protection against omicron

Blood samples taken a month after a booster showed people had levels of omicron-neutralizing antibodies that were similar to amounts proven protective against earlier variants after two doses.

 
World scrambles as potency of new COVID variant studied

The White House said the U.S. will restrict travel from South Africa and seven other countries in the region beginning Monday.