The Food and Drug Administration action marks the first licensing of a vaccine for the coronavirus, which that has swept the United States in repeated waves since early 2020.
As the delta variant spreads, people who had the Johnson & Johnson vaccine may be seeking a dose of an mRNA vaccine. Here’s what experts told The Washington Post about combining those vaccines.
Even as the pandemic appears ready to recede in the United States, dropping below an average of 30,000 new cases daily, it will take years to more fully understand the way the virus afflicts the brain.
The CDC recommendations for mask-wearing among fully vaccinated people — who can take them off in private but should wear them in public — are “absolutely appropriate,” one expert said.