Sharon LaFraniere © 2021 The New York Times

Sharon LaFraniere © 2021 The New York Times

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With Omicron, US testing capacity faces intense pressure

Two years into the pandemic, the surging desire for tests in the face of limited supply threatens to thwart President Joe Biden’s response, but it is hardly a new problem.

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FDA panel considers whether Pfizer vaccine should be authorised for young children

Federal officials hope that the pediatric dose can help close a major gap in the US vaccine campaign that has worried parents

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US booster policy is in flux as studies add to dissent

A study released Wednesday in The New England Journal of Medicine appears to bolster the case made by the White House and its senior health advisers, stating that those who received a third shot…

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US officials press Pfizer for more evidence of need for booster shot

The high-level online meeting, which lasted an hour and involved Pfizer’s chief scientific officer briefing virtually every top doctor in the federal government

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Biden got the vaccine rollout humming, with Trump’s help

A closer look at the ramp-up announced last week offers a more mixed picture, one in which the new administration expanded and bulked up a vaccine production effort whose key elements were in…

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