WATCH: CDC advisory panel votes approves COVID-19 booster shots for all adults
An influential U.S. advisory panel will discuss expanding eligibility for COVID-19 vaccine booster shots to all adults Friday, a move that could make the shots available as early as this weekend.
U.S. offering funding to increase COVID-19 vaccines internationally
The Biden administration believes the boosted capacity of COVID-19 shots will help ease a global shortage of doses, particularly in lower- and middle-income nations, stopping preventable death and limiting the development of potentially new, more dangerous variants of the virus.
Pfizer asks U.S. regulators to approve promising COVID pill
Pfizer is submitting its experimental pill for COVID-19 for U.S. authorization, setting the stage for a likely launch of the promising therapy in coming weeks.
D.C. to drop most indoor mask requirements next week
The District of Columbia will lift its indoor mask requirement starting next week, as local COVID infection cases continue to trend downward. Starting Monday, Nov. 22, masks will no longer be required in many indoor spaces.
New guidance Friday from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services instructs nursing homes to allow visits at all times for all residents.
The league told players and coaches in a memo Friday that it is no longer advisable to wait before receiving the additional dose. The booster shots should be received "as soon as possible."…
So far, more than 900,000 newly eligible children were vaccinated against COVID-19 in the days after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention endorsed the shot, according to data from the White House COVID-19 Task Force briefing this week.
Looking across the coronavirus pandemic, people who remain unvaccinated make up the overwhelming majority of people who have suffered the most -- signaling the protective and preventive power of getting vaccinated.
Some universities have seen nearly complete compliance, including at state flagship schools in Maryland, Illinois and Washington.
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