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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.

FDA sets June meetings on COVID vaccines for youngest kids

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.

April 29, 2022, 11:09am Business

The Food and Drug Administration on Friday set tentative dates in June to publicly review COVID-19 vaccines for the youngest American children, typically the final step before authorizing the shots. Read story

FILE - Turkeys stand in a barn on turkey farm near Manson, Iowa on Aug. 10, 2015. A Colorado prison inmate has tested positive for bird flu in the first confirmed case of a human being infected with the disease that has resulted in the death of millions of chickens and turkeys. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday, April 28, 2022, that the man who tested positive had been in a pre-release program and was helping removing chickens from an infected farm.

First case of human bird flu infection confirmed in Colorado

FILE - Turkeys stand in a barn on turkey farm near Manson, Iowa on Aug. 10, 2015. A Colorado prison inmate has tested positive for bird flu in the first confirmed case of a human being infected with the disease that has resulted in the death of millions of chickens and turkeys. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Thursday, April 28, 2022, that the man who tested positive had been in a pre-release program and was helping removing chickens from an infected farm.

April 29, 2022, 11:08am Health

A Colorado prison inmate has tested positive for bird flu in the first recent confirmed case of a human infected with the disease that has resulted in the deaths of millions of chickens and turkeys, but federal officials say they still see little threat to the general public. Read story

Travelers roll their luggage at a baggage claim area at Los Angeles International Airport Monday, April 25, 2022, in Los Angeles. A week earlier, a federal judge in Florida struck down the requirement to wear a mask in airports and during flights. That rule, designed to limit the spread of COVID-19, was due to expire anyway on May 3.

Racial split on COVID-19 endures as restrictions ease in U.S.

Travelers roll their luggage at a baggage claim area at Los Angeles International Airport Monday, April 25, 2022, in Los Angeles. A week earlier, a federal judge in Florida struck down the requirement to wear a mask in airports and during flights. That rule, designed to limit the spread of COVID-19, was due to expire anyway on May 3.

April 29, 2022, 7:36am Health

Black and Hispanic Americans remain far more cautious in their approach to COVID-19 than white Americans, recent polls show, reflecting diverging preferences on how to deal with the pandemic as federal, state and local restrictions fall by the wayside. Read story

FILE - Nicholas Rivers of Maine, holds a sign that reads DOJ Hammer the Sacklers" during a protest with advocates for opioid victims outside the Department of Justice, Friday, Dec. 3, 2021, in Washington. A federal appeals panel is scheduled to hear arguments on whether members of the Sackler family can be granted protection from lawsuits as part of a bankruptcy settlement for the company they own, OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma. If the company doesn't get what it wants, it could have to fight off thousands of individual lawsuits.

Appeals court to consider paving way for Purdue Pharma deal

FILE - Nicholas Rivers of Maine, holds a sign that reads DOJ Hammer the Sacklers" during a protest with advocates for opioid victims outside the Department of Justice, Friday, Dec. 3, 2021, in Washington. A federal appeals panel is scheduled to hear arguments on whether members of the Sackler family can be granted protection from lawsuits as part of a bankruptcy settlement for the company they own, OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma. If the company doesn't get what it wants, it could have to fight off thousands of individual lawsuits.

April 29, 2022, 7:29am Business

A settlement that would allow Purdue Pharma to exit bankruptcy and require its owners to contribute billions of dollars to help combat the opioid crisis in the U.S. hinges on a legal question before a federal appellate panel on Friday. Read story

Stafford Creek Corrections Center in Aberdeen.

Washington’s largest tuberculosis outbreak in 20 years connected to at least one state prison

Stafford Creek Corrections Center in Aberdeen.

April 29, 2022, 7:24am Health

Washington’s largest tuberculosis outbreak in two decades is connected to at least one state prison, as cases rise in other parts of the region, the state Department of Health announced Thursday afternoon. Read story

FILE - Menthol cigarettes and other tobacco products are displayed at a store in San Francisco on May 17, 2018. The U.S. government is set to release its long-awaited plan to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars. On Thursday, April 28, 2022, Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Robert Califf previewed the announcement in congressional testimony, saying the proposal would reduce disease and death among smokers and help many quit.

FDA issues plan to ban menthol in cigarettes, cigars

FILE - Menthol cigarettes and other tobacco products are displayed at a store in San Francisco on May 17, 2018. The U.S. government is set to release its long-awaited plan to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars. On Thursday, April 28, 2022, Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Robert Califf previewed the announcement in congressional testimony, saying the proposal would reduce disease and death among smokers and help many quit.

April 28, 2022, 11:16am Business

The U.S. government on Thursday released its long-awaited plan to ban menthol cigarettes and flavored cigars, citing the toll on Black smokers and young people. Read story

FILE - This colorized electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health shows a human T cell, indicated in blue, under attack by HIV, in yellow, the virus that causes AIDS. In a study released in the journal Nature on Thursday, April 28, 2022, climate change will result in thousands of new viruses spread among animal species by 2070, which is likely to increase the risk of emerging infectious diseases jumping from animals to humans.

Increased infectious disease risk likely from climate change

FILE - This colorized electron microscope image made available by the U.S. National Institutes of Health shows a human T cell, indicated in blue, under attack by HIV, in yellow, the virus that causes AIDS. In a study released in the journal Nature on Thursday, April 28, 2022, climate change will result in thousands of new viruses spread among animal species by 2070, which is likely to increase the risk of emerging infectious diseases jumping from animals to humans.

April 28, 2022, 11:15am Health

Climate change will result in thousands of new viruses spread among animal species by 2070 — and that’s likely to increase the risk of emerging infectious diseases jumping from animals to humans, according to a new study. Read story

FILE - A health worker administers a dose of a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine during a vaccination clinic in Norristown, Pa., Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021. Moderna on Thursday, April 28, 2022, asked U.S.

Moderna seeks to be 1st with COVID shots for littlest kids

FILE - A health worker administers a dose of a Moderna COVID-19 vaccine during a vaccination clinic in Norristown, Pa., Tuesday, Dec. 7, 2021. Moderna on Thursday, April 28, 2022, asked U.S.

April 28, 2022, 11:15am Business

Moderna is seeking to be the first to offer COVID-19 vaccine for the youngest American children, as it asked the Food and Drug Administration Thursday to clear low-dose shots for babies, toddlers and preschoolers. Read story

People wear face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, April 27, 2022.

Taiwan faces largest COVID-19 outbreak yet

People wear face masks to protect against the spread of the coronavirus in Taipei, Taiwan, Wednesday, April 27, 2022.

April 28, 2022, 7:54am Health

Taiwan, which had been living mostly free of COVID-19, is now facing its worst outbreak since the beginning of the pandemic with over 11,000 new cases reported Thursday. Read story

FILE - Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and chief medical adviser to the president, speaks during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022 on Capitol Hill in Washington. Speaking Tuesday night, April 26, 2022, on PBS' "NewsHour," Fauci said the global pandemic isn't over but the U.S. currently is "out of the pandemic phase." But it doesn't mean the coronavirus threat to Americans has ended.

Fauci: U.S. in ‘a different moment’ but pandemic not over

FILE - Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and chief medical adviser to the president, speaks during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing Tuesday, Jan. 11, 2022 on Capitol Hill in Washington. Speaking Tuesday night, April 26, 2022, on PBS' "NewsHour," Fauci said the global pandemic isn't over but the U.S. currently is "out of the pandemic phase." But it doesn't mean the coronavirus threat to Americans has ended.

April 27, 2022, 10:06am Health Free

Dr. Anthony Fauci has given an upbeat assessment of the current state of the coronavirus in the United States, saying the country is “out of the pandemic phase” when it comes to new infections, hospitalizations and deaths, but that it appears to be making a transition to COVID-19 becoming an… Read story