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Security personnel manned the entrance of the Wuhan Institute of Virology during a Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021, visit by a team from the World Health Organization. (Associated Press) **FILE**

Failure to report coronavirus-experiment findings renews Wuhan lab controversy

Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky says he feels vindicated after the National Institutes of Health revealed that a "limited experiment" at the Wuhan lab in China involving mice equipped with human receptors found a virus engineered to carry spike proteins from coronaviruses was more virulent than ones without the special function.

October 22, 2021
A health care worker receives a Pfizer COVID-19 booster shot at Jackson Memorial Hospital Tuesday, Oct. 5, 2021, in Miami. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky) ** FILE **

CDC panel advances plan for mix-and-match booster vaccines for COVID-19

Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention endorsed a booster plan Thursday for all three COVID-19 vaccines, nudging forward a strategy to let Americans mix-and-match brands to not only bolster their defenses but avoid rare, though serious, side effects that have been linked to both vaccine technologies deployed in the U.S.

October 21, 2021
In this Dec. 10, 2020, file photo, a sign is displayed for the Food and Drug Administration in Silver Spring, Md. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta, File) **FILE**

FDA approves J&J and Moderna boosters, mixing vaccines

The Biden administration cleared the way Wednesday for millions of Americans to get COVID-19 booster shots and said it will be ready to distribute vaccines for children ages 5 to 11 once the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sign off on an application from Pfizer and BioNTech.

October 20, 2021
In this Aug. 28, 2021, photo, Mayra Navarrete, 13, receives the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine from registered nurse, Noleen Nobleza at a clinic set up in the parking lot of CalOptima in Orange, Calif. With more than 40 million doses of coronavirus vaccines available, U.S. health authorities said they're confident both seniors and other vulnerable Americans seeking booster shots and parents anticipating approval of initial shots for young children will have easy access. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) **FILE**

WH touts plan to get kids ages 5 to 11 vaccinated for COVID-19

The Biden administration said Wednesday it will be ready to distribute the COVID-19 vaccine to children ages 5 to 11 once the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention sign off on an application from Pfizer and BioNTech to start the rollout.

October 20, 2021
Lakita Strong, center, holds a sign protesting mandatory COVID-19 vaccinations for schoolchildren with her sons Jordan, left, and Jayden, right, at the state Capitol in Sacramento, Calif., Monday, Oct. 18, 2021. More than 1,000 people crowded the front steps of the California Capitol to protest Gov. Gavin Newsom's decision to require all children to get the coronavirus vaccine to attend public and private schools. (Hector Amezcua/The Sacramento Bee via AP)

Poll: 6 in 10 Americans think pandemic on the wane

More than 6 in 10 U.S. voters believe the coronavirus pandemic is becoming less serious, but a plurality thinks President Biden and his top medical officials aren't interested in dropping mandates even as high-profile figures shirk the shots and big companies say they don't need requirements to increase uptake, according to polling released by a conservative group Tuesday.

October 19, 2021
In this Sept. 25, 2021, photo, former President Donald Trump prepares to take the stage during his Save America rally in Perry, Ga. (AP Photo/Ben Gray) **FILE**

Trump slams Colin Powell, media one day after general’s death

Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday criticized the late Colin Powell for "big mistakes" in Iraq and called him a Republican in name only one day after somber remembrances from both parties for the 84-year-old who died from complications of COVID-19.

October 19, 2021
Health and Human Services Secretary Xavier Becerra holds a mask as he testifies during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing to discuss reopening schools during the COVID-19 pandemic on Thursday, Sept. 30, 2021, at Capitol Hill in Washington. (Greg Nash/Pool via AP) ** FILE **

FDA moves to offer hearing aids over the counter

The Food and Drug Administration took steps Tuesday to allow over-the-counter sales of hearing aids so people can buy them without a medical exam or fitting by a specialist, a move President Biden is pushing in a bid to cut costs for nearly 40 million Americans with hearing loss.

October 19, 2021
In this Friday, Oct. 15, 2021, file photo President Joe Biden speaks at the dedication of the Dodd Center for Human Rights at the University of Connecticut in Storrs, Conn. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden: Colin Powell was an ‘unmatched’ patriot

President Biden on Monday hailed Colin L. Powell as a "patriot of unmatched honor and dignity" who embodied the American dream after the family of the former secretary of state announced his death due to complications from COVID-19.

October 18, 2021