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Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin introduces the B-21 Raider stealth at Northrop Grumman Friday, Dec. 2, 2022, in Palmdale, Calif. America’s newest nuclear stealth bomber made its debut Friday after years of secret development and as part of the Pentagon’s answer to rising concerns over a future conflict with China. The B-21 Raider is the first new American bomber aircraft in more than 30 years. Almost every aspect of the program is classified. (AP Photo/Marcio Jose Sanchez)

Keep COVID military vaccine mandate, U.S. Defense secretary says

Defense Secretary Lloyd J. Austin III says he wants to keep the COVID-19 vaccine mandate, after Republican governors ask Biden to lift the order.

Norwalk, CA - November 03: Michele Crossan, right, following public health and safety guidelines related to COVID-19, checks the temperature of polling station staff at Los Angeles County Registrar-Recorder/County Clerk on Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022 in Norwalk, CA. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

How close is L.A. County to a new COVID-19 mask mandate? Here is what we know

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MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA - NOVEMBER 03: (L-R) Marc Tessier-Lavigne attends the 2020 Breakthrough Prize Red Carpet at NASA Ames Research Center on November 03, 2019 in Mountain View, California. (Photo by Ian Tuttle/Getty Images for Breakthrough Prize )

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El director general de Tesla Elon Musk habla durante un evento en Hawthorne, California, el 14 de marzo de 2019. (AP Foto/Jae C. Hong)

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FILE - This 2003 electron microscope image made available by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows mature, oval-shaped monkeypox virions, left, and spherical immature virions, right, obtained from a sample of human skin associated with the 2003 prairie dog outbreak. U.S. health officials are expanding the group of people recommended to get vaccinated against the monkeypox virus. They also say they are providing more monkeypox vaccine, working to expand testing, and taking other steps to try to get ahead of the outbreak. (Cynthia S. Goldsmith, Russell Regner/CDC via AP, file)

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In-camera multiple exposure of the solar eclipse as seen in Salem, Ore., on Aug. 21, 2017.

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A child wearing a face mask and riding on a scooter passes by a worker in protective suit on his way to collect COVID samples from the lockdown residents in Beijing, Thursday, Dec. 1, 2022. More cities eased anti-virus restrictions as Chinese police tried to head off protests Thursday while the ruling Communist Party prepared for the high-profile funeral of the late leader Jiang Zemin. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Some Chinese cities relax coronavirus controls but step up security after protests

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

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Covid-19 Pandemic and the Coronavirus

BEIJING, CHINA - NOVEMBER 30: An epidemic control worker wears PPE to prevent the spread of COVID-19 as he gives a nucleic acid test to a resident as others wait in line wearing face shields before leaving by bus from an area with communities in lockdown on November 30, 2022 in Beijing, China. In recent days, China has been recording its highest number of COVID-19 cases since the pandemic began, as authorities are sticking to their strict zero tolerance approach to containing the virus with lockdowns, mandatory testing, mask mandates, and quarantines as it struggles to contain outbreaks.In an effort to try to bring rising cases under control, the government last week closed most stores and restaurants for inside dining, switched schools to online studies, and told people to work from home among other measures. (Photo by Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)

‘Zero COVID’ is roiling China. But ending the policy may cause a massive health disaster

Protesters in China are eager to see an easing of “zero-COVID” rules, but health experts warn that doing so could prompt a massive health emergency.

A Jackson-Hinds Comprehensive Health Center nurse loads a syringe with a Moderna COVID-19 booster vaccine at an inoculation station next to Jackson State University in Jackson, Miss., Friday, Nov. 18, 2022. Moderna recently announced early evidence that its updated booster induced BQ.1.1-neutralizing antibodies. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

U.S. renews push for COVID boosters as data show they protect

FILE - Ryan Dutton, an EMT from Rescue Inc., prepares shots of the Pfizer COVID-19 booster vaccine during a vaccine clinic held by Rescue Inc. at Leland & Gray Middle and High School, in Townshend, Vt., on Tuesday, Sept. 20, 2022. The updated COVID-19 boosters aren't an exact match to the newest omicron mutants but Pfizer says lab tests suggest its shot may offer some cross-protection. (Kristopher Radder/The Brattleboro Reformer via AP, File)

Pfizer booster spurs immune response to new Omicron subvariants

U.S. Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry speaks during a session on the Global Methane Pledge at the COP27 U.N. Climate Summit, Thursday, Nov. 17, 2022, in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

U.S. top envoy John Kerry tests positive for COVID-19 as U.N. climate talks drag

FILE - Dr. Rochelle Walensky, Director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, testifies during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing to examine an update on the ongoing Federal response to COVID-19, June 16, 2022, on Capitol Hill in Washington. U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a statement that Walensky tested positive Friday, Oct. 21, and has mild symptoms. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

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Los Angeles, CA - August 11: A lady in face mask crosses a street Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021 in Los Angeles, CA. (Irfan Khan / Los Angeles Times)

L.A. County facing a full-blown coronavirus surge as cases double, deaths rise

Also on the rise are coronavirus-positive hospital patients, raising the specter of an indoor public mask order in L.A. County.

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