The National Institutes of Health on Friday started testing coronavirus vaccine booster shots for people with autoimmune diseases to see if they can help those who have not developed enough protection after their initial doses.
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End of carouselThe U.S. intelligence community has ruled out the possibility that the novel coronavirus that has killed more than 4 million people globally was developed as a bioweapon by China, but the agencies failed to reach consensus on the virus’s origin, according to key takeaways from a classified report delivered to President Biden this week.
A judge in Florida has quashed the state’s ban on school districts issuing mask mandates, finding that officials overstepped their authority. The ruling bars enforcement actions against school districts that decide to require face coverings.
President Biden on Friday signaled an openness to beginning coronavirus booster shots earlier than planned. Biden said he spoke to Anthony S. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, Friday morning about the timing of booster shots.
For the fourth day in a row, coronavirus-related hospitalizations in the United States exceeded 100,000 as infections continued to climb and medical systems in some hot spots buckled under the influx of patients, per a Washington Post tracker.
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