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FILE - A person is taken on a stretcher into the United Memorial Medical Center after going through testing for COVID-19 Thursday, March 19, 2020, in Houston. On the third anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2023, the virus is still spreading and the death toll is nearing 7 million worldwide. Yet most people have resumed their normal lives, thanks to a wall of immunity built from infections and vaccines. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

Pandemic 3 years later: Has the COVID-19 virus won?

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The mother and father of a four-month-old baby that urgently needs a heart operation leave the High Court in Auckland, New Zealand, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022. The court on Wednesday, Dec. 7, 2022, ruled against the family who had refused blood transfusions for their baby son unless the blood came from donors who hadn't been vaccinated against COVID-19. (Michael Craig/New Zealand Herald via AP)

Court rules against anti-vax parents of ill baby

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A New Zealand court has temporarily taken away medical custody of a baby from his parents after they refused blood transfusions for him unless the blood comes from donors who are unvaccinated against COVID-19.

FILE - Nurse Lydia Holly prepares a child's COVID-19 vaccine dose, on Nov. 3, 2021, at Children's National Hospital in Washington. U.S. regulators are urging drugmaker Pfizer to apply for emergency authorization for a two-dose regimen of its COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 and under while awaiting data on a three-dose course, aiming to clear the way for the shots as soon as late February. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

Florida sees 20,045 new cases as CDC panel says COVID shots should be added to recommended vaccinations

Read full article: Florida sees 20,045 new cases as CDC panel says COVID shots should be added to recommended vaccinations

With concerns rising about a possible winter surge of cases, a panel of experts has unanimously voted to add the COVID-19 shot to the list of recommended vaccines for children.

FILE - A syringe is placed into a vial of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccination at a COVID-19 clinic in Augusta, Maine, on Tuesday, Dec. 21, 2021. On Thursday, Oct. 20, 2022, Pfizer said it will charge $110 to $130 for a dose of its COVID-19 vaccine once the U.S. government stops buying the shots, but the drugmaker says it expects many people will continue receiving doses for free. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty, File)

Pfizer says COVID-19 vaccine will cost $110-$130 per dose

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Pfizer will charge $110 to $130 for a dose of its COVID-19 vaccine once the U.S. government stops buying the shots.

Israel's Prime Minister Yair Lapid addresses the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022, at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

Florida reports 22,630 COVID cases as 11.5 million Americans get updated COVID booster shots

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Over the last two weeks, Florida has reported 21,586 new cases of COVID-19 and 522 virus-related deaths to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Israel's Prime Minister Yair Lapid addresses the 77th session of the United Nations General Assembly, Thursday, Sept. 22, 2022, at U.N. headquarters. (AP Photo/Julia Nikhinson)

Florida reports 40,351 COVID cases as UN reconvenes, more countries drop tourism restraints

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Florida over the last two weeks has reported 40,351 new cases of COVID-19 and 753 virus-related deaths to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

FILE- A health worker screens people for COVID-19 symptoms at Dharavi, one of Asia's biggest slums, in Mumbai, India, Monday, July 6, 2020. India on Tuesday, Sept. 6, 2022, cleared a new approach to COVID-19 vaccination, a nasal version designed to fight the virus right where it enters the body. It may be easier to administer a squirt in the nose than a shot, especially in low-income countries, said Dr. Michael Diamond of Washington University in St. Louis, who helped create the vaccine licensed to Bharat. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool, File)

Florida reports 67,747 COVID cases as WHO reports ‘welcome decline’ in global figures

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Florida over the last two weeks has reported 67,747 new cases of COVID-19 and 813 virus-related deaths to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

A man walks past a social distancing sign in the area of Covent Garden, in London, Tuesday, Oct. 19, 2021. Many scientists are pressing the British government to re-impose social restrictions and speed up booster vaccinations as coronavirus infection rates, already Europe's highest, rise once more. The U.K. recorded 49,156 new COVID-19 cases on Monday, Oct. 18, the largest number since mid-July. New infections averaged 43,000 a day over the past week, a 15% increase on the week before.(AP Photo/Alberto Pezzali)

Florida reports 120,018 new COVID cases as CDC drops quarantine, social distancing from guidelines

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The agency dropped quarantine and social distancing recommendations from its COVID-19 guidelines, what officials said was spurred by estimates that 95% of Americans 16 and up — whether from vaccinations or infections — now have some level of immunity to the virus.

President Joe Biden takes off his mask as he starts to speak in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, July 27, 2022. Biden was returning to working in the Oval Office after recovering from COVID-19. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Florida reports 151,602 new COVID cases as Biden diagnosis scraps Orlando visit and talk of recession takes spotlight

Read full article: Florida reports 151,602 new COVID cases as Biden diagnosis scraps Orlando visit and talk of recession takes spotlight

President now cleared of COVID, plays down recession fears

FILE - A sign for the Food and Drug Administration is seen in Silver Spring, Md., on Thursday, Dec. 10, 2020. On Wednesday, March 30, 2022, federal health advisers narrowly ruled against an experimental drug for the debilitating illness known as Lou Gehrigs disease, a potential setback for patient groups who lobbied for the medications approval. A majority of advisers to the FDA voted 6-4 that a single study from Amylyx Pharmaceuticals failed to establish the drug's effectiveness in treating the deadly neurodegenerative disease known also as ALS, for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Florida reports 74,323 new COVID cases as FDA approves 1st vaccines for toddlers

Read full article: Florida reports 74,323 new COVID cases as FDA approves 1st vaccines for toddlers

Federal regulators capped a work week of productive meetings with COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers by giving final approval on Friday to their lower-dose shots for children younger than 5 years old.

FILE - Prepared Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine syringes for children ages 5 to 11 and adults are displayed on a table at Northwest Community Church in Chicago, Dec. 11, 2021. The Biden administration said Thursday, June 2, 2022, that children under 5 may be able to get their first COVID-19 vaccination doses as soon as June 21, if federal regulators authorize shots for the age group, as expected. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

Florida reports 71,797 new COVID cases as White House plans for vaccine for kids under 5

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The Biden administration is planning to roll out COVID-19 vaccines for children under 5 this month, if federal regulators authorize them, officials said.

FILE - World Health Organisation (WHO) director-general Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus speaks at a news conference in Cape Town, South Africa, Friday, Feb. 11, 2022. The World Health Organization on Thursday, May 5, 2022 is estimating that nearly 15 million people were killed either by the coronavirus or by its impact on overwhelmed health systems in the past two years, more than double the official death toll of 6 million. (AP Photo/Nardus Engelbrecht, File)

Florida reports 59,515 COVID cases in 2 weeks as worldwide virus-related death estimates near 15M

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COVID cases are falling everywhere besides Africa and the Americas

FILE - A Northwell Health registered nurse fills a syringe with a COVID-19 vaccine at a pop up vaccination site the Albanian Islamic Cultural Center, April 8, 2021, in the Staten Island borough of New York. The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday, June 30, 2022 recommended that COVID-19 booster shots be modified to better match more recent variants of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, file)

Tweaked COVID boosters in US must target newer omicron types

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U.S. regulators are telling COVID-19 vaccine makers to tweak any booster doses intended for fall so they protect against the newest omicron relatives.

FILE - A health worker administers a dose of a COVID-19 vaccine during a vaccination clinic at the Keystone First Wellness Center in Chester, Pa., on Dec. 15, 2021. Government advisers are debating Tuesday, June 28, 2022, if Americans should get a modified COVID-19 booster shot this fall one that better matches more recent virus variants. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

FDA advisers recommend updating COVID booster shots for fall

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Advisers to the U.S. government are recommending that COVID-19 booster shots used this fall be modified to better match more recent variants of the coronavirus.

Pharmacist Kaitlin Harring, left, administers a Moderna COVID-19 vaccination to three year-old Fletcher Pack, while he sits on the lap of his mother, McKenzie Pack, at Walgreens pharmacy Monday, June 20, 2022, in Lexington, S.C. Today marked the first day COVID-19 vaccinations were made available to children under 5 in the United States. (AP Photo/Sean Rayford)

Shots for tots: COVID vaccinations start for little US kids

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The nation’s youngest children are getting their chance at vaccines for COVID-19.

FILE - A boy receives a dose of China's Sinovac COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine at a community vaccination center in Hong Kong on Feb. 25, 2022. U.S. government advisers met Wednesday, June 15, 2022 to decide whether to endorse COVID-19 shots for babies, toddlers and preschoolers, moving the nation closer to vaccinations for all ages. According to the World Health Organization, 12 countries are vaccinating kids under 5. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

Florida only state not preordering toddler COVID-19 vaccines

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Florida is the only state that hasn’t preordered COVID-19 vaccines for toddlers in anticipation of their final approval by the federal government.

FILE - A boy receives a dose of China's Sinovac COVID-19 coronavirus vaccine at a community vaccination center in Hong Kong on Feb. 25, 2022. U.S. government advisers met Wednesday, June 15, 2022 to decide whether to endorse COVID-19 shots for babies, toddlers and preschoolers, moving the nation closer to vaccinations for all ages. According to the World Health Organization, 12 countries are vaccinating kids under 5. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung, File)

FDA advisers endorse 1st COVID-19 shots for kids under 5

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The first COVID-19 shots for infants, toddlers and preschoolers in the U.S. have moved a step closer.

FILE - A vial of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine is displayed on a counter at a pharmacy in Portland, Ore. on Dec. 27, 2021. A government advisory panel met Tuesday, June 14, 2022, to decide whether to recommend a second brand of COVID-19 vaccine for school-age children and teens. The Food and Drug Administration's outside experts will vote on whether Moderna's vaccine is safe and effective enough to give kids ages 6 to 17. If the panel endorses the shot and the FDA agrees, it would become the second option for those children, joining Pfizer's vaccine.(AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

FDA advisers consider Moderna’s COVID shots for older kids

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A government advisory panel has endorsed a second brand of COVID-19 vaccine for school-age children and teens.

This combination of 2022 and 2020 file photos shows logos for the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration. On Wednesday, June 15, 2022, both Moderna and Pfizer will have to convince whats essentially a science court -- advisers to the Food and Drug Administration -- that their shots work well in babies, toddlers and preschoolers. If the FDAs advisers endorse one or both shots for them -- and the FDA agrees -- theres still another hurdle. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must recommend whether all tots need immunization or just those at high risk from the virus. (AP Photo/Ron Harris, Manuel Balce Ceneta, File)

Marathon US hearings to decide fate of COVID shots for tots

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Next week brings a marathon of hearings as the U.S. decides whether to open COVID-19 vaccinations to kids under 5.

FILE - In this Dec. 15, 2020, file photo, a sign for Moderna, Inc. hangs on its headquarters in Cambridge, Mass. Moderna's experimental COVID-19 vaccine that combines its original shot with protection against the omicron variant appears to work, the company announced Wednesday, June 8, 2022. COVID-19 vaccine makers are studying updated boosters that might be offered in the fall to better protect people against future coronavirus surges.(AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

Moderna says updated COVID shot boosts omicron protection

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Moderna says its experimental COVID-19 vaccine that combines its original shot with protection against the omicron variant appears to work.

FILE - A nursing student administers a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination center at UNLV, in Las Vegas on April 26, 2021. The Food and Drug Administration on Friday, April 29, 2022, set tentative dates in June to publicly review COVID-19 vaccines for the youngest American children, typically the final step before authorizing the shots. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

FDA sets June meetings on COVID vaccines for youngest kids

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The Food and Drug Administration has set tentative dates in June to publicly review COVID-19 vaccines for the youngest American children.

Passengers walk through the terminal at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Tuesday, April 19, 2022, in Arlington, Va. A federal judge's decision to strike down a national mask mandate was met with cheers on some airplanes but also concern about whether it's really time to end the order sparked by the COVID-19 pandemic.(AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Florida reports 36,483 COVID cases in 2 weeks as US airlines ditch masks

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The CDC extended its national transportation mask mandate only to see it voided by a Florida judge days later.

FILE - A sign advising visitors to don face coverings stands outside the main entrance to UCHealth University of Colorado hospital Friday, April 1, 2022, in Aurora, Colo. COVID cases are starting to rise again in the United States, with numbers up in most states and up steeply in several. One expert says he expects more of a bump than the monstrous surge of the first omicron wave, but another says its unclear how high the curve will rise and it may be more like a hill. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

It’s not over: COVID-19 cases are on the rise again in US

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The U.S. may be heading into another COVID-19 surge, with cases rising nationally and in most states after a two-month decline.