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FDA advisers urge targeting JN.1 strain in recipe for fall's COVID vaccines

Jun. 05, 2024 19:33 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Government advisers Wednesday said it’s time to update the recipe for the COVID-19 vaccines Americans will receive in the fall -- targeting a version of the ever-evolving coronavirus called JN.1. While COVID-19 cases currently are low, more surges are inevitable...

Fauci pushes back partisan attacks in fiery House hearing over COVID origins and controversies

Jun. 03, 2024 16:32 PM EDT

WASHINGTON (AP) — Dr. Anthony Fauci, the top U.S. infectious disease expert until leaving the government in 2022, was back before Congress on Monday, calling “simply preposterous” Republican allegations that he'd tried to cover up origins of the COVID-19 pandemic. A GOP-led...

Takeaways from AP report on how the search for the coronavirus origins turned toxic

Apr. 22, 2024 13:05 PM EDT

BEIJING (AP) — The Chinese government froze meaningful efforts to trace the origins of the coronavirus pandemic, despite publicly declaring it supported an open scientific inquiry, an Associated Press investigation has found. The AP drew on thousands of pages of undisclosed emails...