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End of carouselA panel of experts recommended the CDC expand eligibility for booster shots to include all fully vaccinated adults, simplifying federal guidance that had confounded some consumers. CDC Director Rochelle Walensky is expected to sign off on the recommendation as early as Friday evening.
In the face of rising cases across the continent, the European Union’s regulator backed an anti-viral pill for coronavirus patients ahead of the drug’s formal approval. Early data shows that the drug reduced the risk of severe infection, hospitalization and death in patients who took the pill shortly after developing covid-19 symptoms.
Parents can expect vaccines for children younger than 5 as early as next spring, Anthony S. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said in an interview with Business Insider this week.
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