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In this September 2021 photo provided by NYU Langone Health, a surgical team at the hospital in New York examines a pig kidney attached to the body of a deceased recipient for any signs of rejection. From left are Drs. Zoe A. Stewart-Lewis, Robert A. Montgomery, Bonnie E. Lonze and Jeffrey Stern. The test was a step in the decades-long quest to one day use animal organs for life-saving transplants. (Joe Carrotta/NYU Langone Health via AP)

Pig-to-human transplants come a step closer with new test

Scientists have temporarily attached a pig’s kidney to a human body and watched it begin to work.
FILE - In this March 3, 2021 file photo, a vial of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine is displayed at South Shore University Hospital in Bay Shore, N.Y. U.S. health advisers are meeting Friday, Oct. 15, to tackle who needs boosters of Johnson & Johnson's single-shot COVID-19 vaccine and when. Advisers to the Food and Drug Administration also will examine data suggesting that booster of a competing brand might provide better protection. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

FDA panel endorses a booster shot for J&J’s COVID-19 vaccine

NASA's Lucy spacecraft, along with its housing, awaits its launch at the AstroTech facility in Titusville, Fla.

NASA catches asteroid fever with new missions to space rocks

The OT-2 at the Pandemic Response Lab in New York.
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WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 13: President Joe Biden delivers remarks after meeting with senior officials and stakeholders to discuss collective efforts to address global transportation supply chain bottlenecks in the East Room of the White House, on Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021 in Washington, DC. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times)

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FILE - This Wednesday, Dec. 23, 2020 file photo shows a vial of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in the first round of staff vaccinations at a hospital in Denver. U.S. health advisers are debating if millions of Americans who received Moderna vaccinations should get a booster shot -- this time, using half the original dose. Already millions who got their initial Pfizer shots at least six months ago are getting a booster of that brand. On Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021, advisers to the Food and Drug Administration evaluated the evidence that Moderna boosters should be offered, too -- and on Friday, they’ll tackle the same question for those who got Johnson & Johnson’s vaccine. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

FDA panel recommends authorization of Moderna booster shots

FILE - In this April 30, 2020 file photo, a volunteer directs two men towards a medical tent where they will be tested for COVID-19 as well as HIV and Tuberculosis, in downtown Johannesburg. The number of people killed by tuberculosis has risen for the first time in more than a decade, largely because fewer people got tested and treated as resources were diverted to fight the coronavirus pandemic, the World Health Organization said in a report released Thursday, Oct. 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Jerome Delay, file)

Tuberculosis deaths rise for the first time in years, largely due to COVID-19 pandemic

FILE - In this Saturday, April 2, 2011 file photo, pedestrians walk past drawings by autistic children after an event in Bucharest, Romania to mark World Autism Awareness Day. According to a U.S. study published in the New England Journal of Medicine on Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021, children with autism didn't benefit from an experimental therapy using the hormone oxytocin, thought to promote social bonding. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Oxytocin, the ‘sociability’ hormone, didn’t help kids with autism, study finds

FILE - This Jan. 23, 2014 file photo shows the nutrition facts label on the side of a cereal box in Washington. Food companies are coming under renewed pressure to use less salt after U.S. regulators spelled out target sodium levels for dozens of foods including condiments, french fries and potato chips.(AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

FDA spells out lower sodium goals for food industry

The coronavirus known as SARS-CoV-2, shown in purple, infects a cell, colored in green.

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FILE - In this Wednesday, March 3, 2021 file photo, a pharmacist holds a vial of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine at a hospital in Bay Shore, N.Y. Janssen Pharmaceuticals is a division of Johnson & Johnson. On Wednesday, Oct. 13, 2021, the Food and Drug Administration said it is wrestling with whether and when recipients of the single-shot Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine need another dose — at six months or as early as two months. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

FDA grapples with timing of booster for J&J COVID-19 vaccine

The FDA is wrestling with whether booster doses of the Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine may be best at two or six months.
Dr. Emily Fay conducts an ultrasound exam on Gabrielle Stein at the University of Washington Medical Center in Seattle, Washington on October 11, 2021. Stein, who is vaccinated against Covid-19, is 16 weeks pregnant. (Photo by Karen Ducey)

Pregnant women were kept out of clinical trials. That left them vulnerable to COVID-19

Syringes filled with Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine in a tray at a mobile vaccination site in Miami.

Next on FDA’s agenda: Booster shots of the Moderna and J&J vaccines

People listen to speakers at the Chiropractic Society Health Freedom revival Sunday, Sept. 19, 2021 in Oconomowoc, Wis. At a time when the surgeon general says misinformation has become an urgent threat to public health, an investigation by The Associated Press found a vocal and influential group of chiropractors has been capitalizing on the pandemic by sowing fear and mistrust of vaccines. (AP Photo/Jeffrey Phelps)

Anti-vaccine chiropractors are a rising force of misinformation

NORTH HOLLYWOOD, CA - AUGUST 17: Parents and students form lines to check for the student name on a list using the Daily Pass website - designed to issue pre-approved health clearances for students to enter campus or present their QR code for entrance to the campus at Lankershim Elementary School in North Hollywood on Tuesday for the second day of in-class learning for LAUSD schools. The pre-approved health clearances for students to enter campus appeared to be up and working so the second day of school in the Los Angeles Unified School District appears to be going more smoothly than the first, largely devoid of the long lines and frustrations on back-to-school Monday when the district's student health-check system failed. Lankershim Elementary on Tuesday, Aug. 17, 2021 in North Hollywood, CA. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times).

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SAN FRANCISCO, UNITED STATES - 2020/01/23: American regional chain of fast food restaurants In-N-Out Burger sign seen at one of their restaurants. (Photo by Alex Tai/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

In-N-Out Burger’s fight over COVID vaccination rules could be start of bigger battle

As more California cities require proof of COVID-19 vaccinations in public places, a cherished burger chain has become an unlikely flashpoint.

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