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![FILE - A health worker administers a dose of a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine during a vaccination clinic in Norristown, Pa., Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021. Moderna on Thursday, April 28, 2022, asked U.S. regulators to authorize low doses of its COVID-19 vaccine for children younger than 6, a long-awaited move toward potentially opening shots for millions of tots by summer.]()
Moderna seeks approval on COVID-19 shots for kids under 6Moderna on Thursday asked U.S. regulators to authorize low doses of its COVID-19 vaccine for children younger than 6, a long-awaited move toward potentially opening shots for millions of tots by...By LAURAN NEERGAARD
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- The nation’s 18 million children under 5 are the only age group not yet eligible for vaccination. By LAURAN NEERGAARD
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![Students are shown at Atherton Elementary School, 2011 Solo St., Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2020 in Houston.]()
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![Houston is dropping its indoor face mask requirements for city buildings as COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations continue to fall.]()
- The drug is for adults and adolescent patients with mild-to-moderate cases. By MATTHEW PERRONE and RICARDO ALSONSO-ZALDIVAR
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![Maria Bottazzi replaces vials of the vaccine into a freezer at the Tropical Medicine Lab at Texas Children’s Hospital Center for Vaccine Development in Houston.]()
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![LEFT: Gabriela Hernandez leans over her daughter, Kimberly, who is being treated for covid-19 and an autoimmune disease at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston.]()
- France is tightening its vaccination rules in a way that could put Novak Djokovic at risk of missing the French Open.
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- BA.2, is widely considered stealthier than the original version of omicron. By LAURA UNGAR
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![Last week, the Biden administration launched covidtests.gov, where people can order rapid at-home antigen tests free of charge.]()
- The new U.S. study will include up to 1,420 volunteers ages 18 to 55. By LAURAN NEERGAARD
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![Anders Fomsgaard, a respected virologist in Denmark, says the world is five steps behind the coronavirus.]()
- Research shows that people of color are at a higher risk of severe illness. By TODD RICHMOND
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![Darrelyn Mathieu, patient care assistant, provides care for a patient in the cardiovascular acute care unit, at Houston Methodist Debakey Heart and Vascular Center on Thursday, Jan. 14, 2021, in Houston. Texas hospitals, already facing an increase in patients brought by the pandemic, is dealing with poached nurses. Seven months after hospitals competed for ventilators, personal protective equipment and COVID-19 test, nurses have become the hot commodity, desperately needed around the country.]()
- Several food banks have reported a similar dynamic: minimal volunteers for most of 2021. By ASHRAF KHALIL
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![How Long Can You Use a N95?: Here's what experts want you to know about reusing N95 and KN95 face masks, and the best way to keep them sanitized between uses.]()
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![Nurse Teri Wheat poses for a photo in Fort Worth, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 19, 2020. As Wheat recently made her rounds at a Texas maternity ward, she began to realize she was having a hard time understanding the new mothers who were wearing masks due to the coronavirus pandemic. Hearing specialists across the U.S. say they have seen an uptick in visits from people like Wheat, who only realized how much they relied on lip reading and facial expressions when people started wearing masks that cover the nose and mouth. (AP Photo/LM Otero)]()
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![The move comes a week after Texas filed a separate lawsuit over new vaccination rules for federal contractors.]()
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- Modelers forecast 50,000 to 300,000 more Americans could die by mid-March. By CARLA K. JOHNSON
- COVIDTests.gov includes a link for Americans to order up four at-home tests per residence. By ZEKE MILLER
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![ICU nurse Mary Patton shed a tear during her shift at Houston Methodist The Woodlands Hospital on Friday, Jan. 14, 2022.]()
- N95 and KN95 masks are considered better at filtering the air. By MIKE STOBBE
- There’s no guarantee the sequels of omicron will cause milder illness. By LAURA UNGAR
