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Americans can now get an updated COVID-19 vaccine
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The CDC did not say a new COVID strain is not more contagious among vaccinated than unvaccinated people
Social media posts claim that the CDC said a new COVID subvariant is more contagious in vaccinated people than in unvaccinated people. That’s false.
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US to lift most federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates next week
The move marks the latest display of how President Joe Biden’s administration is moving to treat COVID-19 as a routine, endemic illness.
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Appeals court blocks vaccine mandate for US government workers
The ruling from the full appeals court reverses an earlier ruling from a smaller three-judge panel that upheld the vaccine requirement.
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US proposes once-a-year COVID shots for most Americans
The FDA will present data this week suggesting most Americans have enough protection against coronavirus to move to a once-a-year shots.
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No, the COVID-19 vaccines can’t cause or create new variants
COVID-19 vaccines will slow the spread of the virus and do not cause or create the variants.
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Senate passes defense bill rescinding COVID vaccine mandate
The bill now goes to President Joe Biden to be signed into law.
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House passes defense bill scrapping COVID vaccine mandate
To win bipartisan support for the bill, Democrats agreed to Republican demands to scrap the requirement for service members to get a COVID-19 vaccination.
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Biden receives updated COVID-19 booster shot, promotes vaccine
Biden used Tuesday's White House occasion to urge everyone to get boosted to ensure they stay healthy over the holidays.
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'Get vaccinated': Biden urges Americans to get updated booster
President Biden received his updated COVID-19 booster shot on Tuesday and urge the public to get theirs to ensure a healthy holiday season.
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CDC panel unanimously votes to add COVID shots to recommended vaccines
The expert panel’s decisions are almost always adopted by the CDC director and then sent to doctors as part of the government’s advice on how to prevent disease.
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Penn State scientists say they're moving closer to developing an adaptation-proof COVID-19 vaccine
The new vaccine could potentially protect against COVID-19 variants as well as other coronaviruses, researchers at the Penn State College of Medicine claim.
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