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White House Coronavirus Response Coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha gestures as he speaks at a daily press conference in the James Brady Press Briefing Room of the White House on April 26, 2022 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)

What Biden’s COVID czar learned from the pandemic

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Are we misinformed about misinformation?

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Do kids really need to be vaccinated for COVID? Yes. no. maybe

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FILE - This handout file photo taken Sept. 2, 2014, provided by National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) shows A 39-year-old woman, the first participant enrolled in VRC 207, receiving a dose of the investigational NIAID/GSK Ebola vaccine at the NIH Clinical Center in Bethesda, Md. As West Africa struggles to contain the biggest ever outbreak of Ebola, some experts say an unusual but simple treatment might help: the blood of survivors. The evidence is mixed for using infection-fighting antibodies from survivors’ blood for Ebola, but without any licensed drugs or vaccines for the deadly disease, some say it’s worth a shot. (AP Photo/NIAID, File) (AP)

Is hydroxychloroquine making COVID-19 clinical trials harder?

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President Donald Trump speaks during a coronavirus task force briefing at the White House (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

After Trump suggests hydroxychloroquine as potential COVID-19 cure, lupus patients face shortages

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