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Russian President Vladimir Putin listens during a meeting in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, March 22, 2022. (Mikhail Klimentyev, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Putin still wants to attend G-20 summit in October: Report

Russian President Vladimir Putin reportedly plans to attend the G-20 summit in Indonesia in October despite becoming an economic pariah in the West for his unprovoked assault on Ukraine, a key official said Wednesday.

March 23, 2022
A man walks underneath the marquee of the Alex Theatre in Glendale, Calif., which bears a message urging people to get COVID-19 vaccine booster shots, Monday, Jan. 24, 2022. The vaccination drive against COVID-19 in the U.S. is grinding to a halt, and lagging demand is especially stark in conservative corners of the country where many people weren't interested in the shots in the first place. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello) **FILE**

FDA schedules April 6 meeting to devise next steps on COVID-19 boosters

The Food and Drug Administration said Monday it will hold an advisory meeting in early April to debate who should get additional COVID-19 booster shots in the coming months and whether the vaccines need to be tailored to specific variants as the U.S. debates the best use of a quiet stretch in the pandemic to avoid future shocks.

March 21, 2022
Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra, is interviewed by the Associated Press, Thursday, March 17, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

HHS chief says turning the page on COVID-19 depends on Congress

Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra marked his first year in office Friday by highlighting progress in the COVID-19 effort and demanding money from Congress to keep up the work, signaling an effort to raise his profile in Year Two after a quiet start in which he ceded the pandemic spotlight to a White House task force and focused on topics like Obamacare instead.

March 18, 2022
A police officer walks at the site of a bombing that damaged residential buildings in Kyiv, Ukraine, Friday, March 18, 2022. Russian forces pressed their assault on Ukrainian cities Friday, with new missile strikes and shelling on the edges of the capital Kyiv and the western city of Lviv, as world leaders pushed for an investigation of the Kremlins repeated attacks on civilian targets, including schools, hospitals and residential areas. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Russian forces made ‘minimal’ progress this week: Intelligence

Russian forces have made "minimal" progress in their invasion this week, and Ukrainian forces have frustrated attempts by Russian President Vladimir Putin's troops to encircle Kyiv and the city of Mykolaiv to the south, intelligence officials said Friday.

March 18, 2022