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FILE - A health worker administers a dose of a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine during a vaccination clinic at the Norristown Public Health Center in Norristown, Pa., Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021. Moderna says its COVID-19 vaccine works in babies, toddlers and preschoolers. The company announced early findings from a study of children younger than 6 on Wednesday, March 23, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Moderna COVID-19 shots now an option for older kids in U.S.

The CDC now recommends Moderna’s COVID-19 shots as an option for school-age kids and teens.

FILE - In this March 2021 photo provided by Pfizer, vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine are prepared for packaging at the company's facility in Puurs, Belgium. According to a study published Thursday. June 23, 2022 in the journal Lancet Infectious Diseases, nearly 20 million lives were saved by COVID-19 vaccines during their first year, but even more deaths could have been prevented if global targets had been reached. (Pfizer via AP)

COVID-19 vaccines saved 20 million lives in first year, scientists say

Thin strands of Thiomargarita magnifica bacteria cells next to a U.S. dime.

Scientists baffled by discovery of bacteria that ought to be too big to function

Former White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Dr. Deborah Birx testifies before the House Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis on Thursday, June 23, 2022 in Washington. (AP Photo/Kevin Wolf)

Dr. Deborah Birx describes a Trump White House divided on COVID response

MADRID, SPAIN - JUNE 06: A medical laboratory technician picks up from a fridge a reactive to test suspected monkeypox samples at the microbiology laboratory of La Paz Hospital on June 06, 2022 in Madrid, Spain. Europe is at the centre of the monkeypox virus outbreak, the World Health Organisation reported 780 confirmed cases with Britain, Spain and Portugal reporting the largest numbers of patients. (Photo by Pablo Blazquez Dominguez/Getty Images)

First suspected cases of monkeypox in Riverside and Santa Clara counties reported

FILE - Doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine wait to be administered during a vaccination clinic in Odessa, Texas, on Tuesday, Aug. 24, 2021. On Thursday, June 23, 2022, an expert panel is recommending Moderna's COVID-19 shots for kids ages 6 to 17, marking another step toward bringing a second brand of vaccine for kids in that age group. (Eli Hartman/Odessa American via AP, File)

CDC experts endorse Moderna COVID-19 shots for kids ages 6 to 17

FILE — A woman exhales while vaping from a Juul pen e-cigarette in Vancouver, Wash., April 16, 2019. Federal health officials on Thursday,June 23, 2022 ordered Juul to pull its electronic cigarettes from the U.S. market, the latest blow to the embattled company widely blamed for sparking a national surge in teen vaping. (AP Photo/Craig Mitchelldyer, File)

FDA bans Juul e-cigarettes tied to teen vaping surge

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Homes lost. Savings destroyed. How medical debt has upended these people’s lives

Allyson and Marcus Ward of Chicago moved across the country to be closer to family after the premature birth of their twins, Milo (left) and Theo, left them with about $80,000 in medical debt. This is for KHN story on world of debt.

‘Now we have nothing.’ Soaring medical debt causes gut-wrenching sacrifices for patients

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Pharmacist Kaitlin Harring, left, administers a Moderna COVID-19 vaccination to three year-old Fletcher Pack, while he sits on the lap of his mother, McKenzie Pack, at Walgreens pharmacy Monday, June 20, 2022, in Lexington, S.C. Today marked the first day COVID-19 vaccinations were made available to children under 5 in the United States. (AP Photo/Sean Rayford)

Shots for tots: COVID-19 vaccinations for little kids begin in U.S.

The nation’s youngest children are getting their chance at COVID vaccines. ‘This will be a really big change for our family,’ one parent said.

This May 2022 photo provided by Pfizer shows production of the Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for children under 5 in Puurs, Belgium. U.S. regulators on Friday, June 17, authorized the first COVID-19 shots for infants and preschoolers, paving the way for vaccinations to begin next week. (Pfizer via AP)

Q&A: What parents should know about COVID-19 shots for the youngest children

This May 2022 photo provided by Pfizer shows production of the Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for children under 5 in Puurs, Belgium. U.S. regulators on Friday, June 17, authorized the first COVID-19 shots for infants and preschoolers, paving the way for vaccinations to begin next week. (Pfizer via AP)

CDC recommends COVID-19 vaccines for children as young as 6 months

Rebecca Kellen, 7, looks away as she gets her COVID-19 booster at a vaccination clinic hosted by Los Angeles County Public Health at Balboa Sports Complex in Encino, Calif., on Saturday May 21, 2022. COVID-19 booster shots are now available for children ages 5-11 in Los Angeles County and LA County Public Health is encouraging parents to bring eligible children to vaccination sites to get boosted before summer vacation and holiday travel. (Alisha Jucevic/For The Times)

FDA authorizes 1st COVID-19 shots for infants, preschoolers

A person holds the drug Paxlovid from the U.S. pharmaceutical company Pfizer against Covid-19.

Pfizer says its COVID pill doesn’t work for healthier patients

Few takers for free anti-COVID pills at Bay Area ‘test-to-treat’ site

Being ‘fully vaccinated’ but not boosted doesn’t help against Omicron, study finds

Dr. Anthony Fauci tests positive for coronavirus, has mild COVID-19 symptoms

FDA moves closer to authorizing COVID-19 shots for kids under 5

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FILE - San Francisco Bay Area Rapid Transit police officers Nick Luzano, left, Eric Kelly, center, and Eric Hofstein, right, wear masks while patrolling a Richmond bound train from Powell Street Station BART platform in San Francisco, Calif., on Nov. 20, 2020. The BART board of directors decided, Thursday, April 28, 2022, to temporarily restore a mask mandate for riders on the rail system a week after it was dropped. The new mandate is effective until July 18, unless extended. (Jessica Christian/San Francisco Chronicle via AP, File)

Alameda County ends short-lived mask mandate, citing improved coronavirus conditions

Three weeks after becoming the first California county to reinstitute a mask mandate in most indoor public settings amid climbing coronavirus cases and hospitalizations, Alameda County has rescinded the order.

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