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White House seeks more covid funding in lame-duck session
Officials say the need for next-generation treatments and vaccines is urgent as the virus continues mutating.
Clock runs out on efforts to make daylight saving time permanent
A bill to permanently “spring forward” has been stalled in Congress for more than seven months.
Biden officials worry pandemic exhaustion could lead to bad covid winter
Their focus is on getting reformulated booster shots to seniors and the immunocompromised to avert thousands of preventable deaths.
Rand Paul says U.S. botched covid. He could soon lead probes of it.
The Kentucky Republican, a fierce critic of the pandemic response, is in line to chair Senate health panel if GOP wins control.
False coronavirus vaccine claim goes viral before experts can respond
Report that CDC will mandate vaccines for school children is ‘dangerous misinformation,’ says former top health official.
CDC officials describe intense pressure, job threats from Trump White House
Political infighting contributed to sub-par pandemic response, officials tell House committee.
Experts slam Florida surgeon general’s warning on coronavirus vaccines
“If you submitted that to a peer-reviewed journal … it would get rejected,” vaccine safety expert says about study on which it is based.
Few Americans get new covid booster shot ahead of projected winter surge
With only 4 percent of eligible people fully boosted, experts fear thousands of people may die needlessly.
Tua Tagovailoa’s head injury spurs scrutiny of NFL concussion protocol
Experts worry Tua Tagovailoa is at higher risk of severe, long-term problems if he suffered more than one concussion.
FDA releasing millions of Moderna boosters as states warn of shortages
Reconfigured shots are safe, but had been delayed amid inspection of an Indiana packaging plant last month.
