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Do you need a COVID-19 booster shot to be considered fully vaccinated?

Some cities seek to loosen rules on spending coronavirus relief money

Birds fly past a bridge connecting the Oceanside pier to Pacific Street Friday, Oct. 15, 2021, in Oceanside, Calif. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)

Lawsuits demand deworming drug ivermectin for COVID-19 patients

A box of ivermectin is shown in a pharmacy as pharmacists work in the background, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021, in Ga. At least two dozen lawsuits have been filed around the U.S., many in recent weeks by people seeking to force hospitals to give their COVID-stricken loved ones ivermectin, a drug for parasites that has been promoted by conservative commentators as a treatment despite a lack of conclusive evidence that it helps people with the virus. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)A box of ivermectin is shown in a pharmacy as pharmacists work in the background, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021, in Ga. At least two dozen lawsuits have been filed around the U.S., many in recent weeks by people seeking to force hospitals to give their COVID-stricken loved ones ivermectin, a drug for parasites that has been promoted by conservative commentators as a treatment despite a lack of conclusive evidence that it helps people with the virus. (AP Photo/Mike Stewart)

States can reserve COVID-19 vaccines for younger children

Anaiya Layland, 12, receives her first Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination as her mother, Ashlesha Patel, observes at the Cook County Public Health Department on May 13, 2021, in Des Plaines, Ill. (AP Photo/Shafkat Anowar)

What type of mask should you be wearing? Experts say it should cover your face and mouth, fit snuggly

Associate Director of Corporate Service and Engagement for Food Bank for NYC Jessica Presedo helps students put PPE masks on as Food Bank For New York City finishes its Five Borough Pop Up Tour during Hunger Action Month in partnership with GrubHub at P.S. 57 in Staten Island on Sep. 30, 2021. (Michael Loccisano/Getty Images for Food Bank For New York City)

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Lower-dose Moderna COVID boosters endorsed by FDA panel for some Americans

This Dec. 23, 2020, file photo shows a vial of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in the first round of staff vaccinations at a hospital in Denver. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Brooklyn Nets’ Kyrie Irving speaks out about COVID-19 vaccine refusal

Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving looks up at the fans at TD Garden after they defeated the Boston Celtics in Game 4 during an NBA basketball first-round playoff series in Boston, in this Sunday, May 30, 2021, file photo. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

Judge blocks COVID vaccine mandate for California prison employees

In this July 9, 2020 file photo a correctional officer checks a car entering the main gate of San Quentin State Prison, in San Quentin, Calif. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg,File)

COVID-19 hospital visitor rules leave families seeking more access

Certified Nursing Assistant Paulette Santillan departs after checking a COVID-19 patient's vital signs in the improvised COVID-19 unit at Providence Holy Cross Medical Center in the Mission Hills neighborhood on July 30, 2021, in Los Angeles, California. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

Texas governor orders ban on private company COVID vaccine mandates

A Dallas County Health and Human Services nurse, right, injects a woman with her second dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a county-run vaccination site in Dallas on Aug. 26, 2021. (LM Otero / Associated Press)

California COVID death count tops 70,000 as the state emerges from latest virus surge

In this Friday, July 31, 2020, file photo, Romelia Navarro, 64, weeps while hugging her husband, Antonio, in his final moments in a COVID-19 unit at St. Jude Medical Center in Fullerton, Calif. On Monday, Oct. 11, 2021, California's coronavirus death toll reached 70,000. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

‘Enjoy it,’ Dr. Fauci says it’s safe to trick-or-treat this year

A child is seen having fun at a Halloween trick-or-treat. (iStock / Getty Images)

Merck seeks FDA authorization for anti-COVID pill

This undated image provided by Merck & Co. shows their new antiviral medication. (Merck & Co. via AP)

Sheriff Villanueva won’t enforce L.A. County’s COVID vaccine mandate in his department

In this Sept. 10, 2020, file photo Los Angeles County Sheriff Alex Villanueva speaks at a news conference in Los Angeles. Villanueva says he will not enforce the county's vaccine mandate in his agency. Villanueva, who oversees the largest sheriff's department in the county with roughly 18,000 employees, said Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021, in a Facebook Live event that he does not plan to carry out the county's mandate, under which Los Angeles County employees had to be fully vaccinated by Oct. 1, 2021. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong,File)

Colorado hospital denies kidney transplant to woman who refused COVID-19 vaccine

Leilani Lutali, foreground, and Jaimee Fougner pose for a photo, Thursday, Oct. 7, 2021 in Colorado Springs, Colo. Lutali recently found out her hospital wouldn't approve her kidney transplant surgery until she got the COVID-19 vaccine, even though she has stage 5 kidney disease that puts her at risk of dying without a new kidney. (AP Photo/Thomas Peipert)