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U.S. regulators on Tuesday authorized another COVID-19 booster for people age 50 and older, a step to offer extra protection for the most vulnerable in case the coronavirus rebounds.

Deletion raised concerns in science circles but NIH directed reporters to more favorable coverage of the agency.

Surgeon General Vivek Murthy is using same statutory authority Supreme Court struck down for eviction moratorium, suit says.

Swedish researchers showed the mRNA from the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine can be reverse-transcribed into DNA in human liver cells in vitro, but more research is needed to determine if this transcribed vaccine-derived DNA can integrate into human genomic DNA.

The Florida Department of Health (DOH) alleged Friday that the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) erroneously changed the state’s COVID-19 data without contacting the agency and didn’t respond to calls to correct the problem.

The U.S. President’s son was instrumental in funding a firm conducting pathogen and anthrax research in Ukrainian biolabs.

Thanks to a sudden $140 million cash infusion, officials in Broward County, Florida, recently broke ground on a high-end hotel that will have views of the Atlantic Ocean and an 11,000-square-foot spa.

Information on hospitalizations and death by age and vaccination status would have helped inform whether healthy adults needed booster shots.

Health Feedback, a “fact-checking” organization, is part of a World Health Organization project called Vaccine Safety Net. It operates under the umbrella of Science Feedback, whose partners and funders include Facebook and the Google News initiative.

China has reported the first COVID-related deaths in over a year this past week, raising concerns about the accuracy of the country's reporting.