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WASHINGTON, DC – NOVEMBER 04: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky testifies before the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee about the ongoing response to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill on November 04, 2021 in Washington, DC. Earlier this week Walensky gave final approval for the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for children between 5 and 11 years old. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

As Omicron surges, the CDC says Americans who test positive for COVID should shorten their isolation from 10 days to five

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WASHINGTON, DC – DECEMBER 23: A patie takes a COVID test outside District Urgent Care on December 23, 2021 in Washington, DC. The City of District of Columbia is distributing free test kits to local residents prior to the holidays as COVID case numbers have surged to a new high. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Here’s what to do if you test positive for COVID-19

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People outside of a COVID testing tent in New York City.

Omicron now accounts for 73% of US COVID cases after spreading at lightning speed

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FILE – In this March 26, 2021, file photo a member of the Philadelphia Fire Department prepares a dose of the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination site setup in Philadelphia. U.S. health officials say Johnson & Johnson’s COVID-19 vaccine may pose a “small possible risk” of a potentially dangerous neurological reaction. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Monday, July 12 that it has received reports of 100 people who got the shot developing an immune system disorder that can causes muscle weakness and occasionally paralysis. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

CDC panel recommends Pfizer and Moderna vaccines over Johnson & Johnson

By Lauran Neergaard, Mike Stobbe, and others

Jamie Blank (L) holds her son, Ari Blank's hand as he receives the Pfizer vaccine.

CDC advisory panel recommends COVID vaccine for kids 5 to 11

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Moderna vaccine

The CDC will allow people to choose what booster shot they get—no matter what COVID vaccine they got before

By Lauran Neergaard, Mike Stobbe, and others

FILE – In this Jan. 15, 2021, file photo, Dr. Yomaris Pena, Internal Medicine Physician with Somos Community Care at a COVID-19 extracts the last bit of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine out of a vial so as not to waste it at a vaccination site at the Corsi Houses in the East Harlem neighborhood of New York. An increasing number of COVID-19 vaccination sites around the U.S. are canceling appointments because of vaccine shortages in a rollout so rife with confusion and unexplained bottlenecks. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

Some health experts fear COVID boosters will hurt efforts to reach the unvaccinated

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President Joe Biden speaks about the COVID-19 response and vaccinations in the State Dining Room of the White House, Friday, Sept. 24, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

Biden urges eligible Americans to get COVID booster shots ASAP

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Elderly woman getting COVID-19 vaccine

CDC director overrules panel to offer COVID booster shots to health care workers

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The Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine is prepared for administration at a vaccination clinic for homeless people, hosted by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health and United Way on September 22, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. – Covid-related hospitalizations across Los Angeles County fell below 1,000 for the first time since late-July as a steady decline continues from a mid-August peak of nearly 1,800. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP)

FDA backs Pfizer COVID-19 boosters for seniors and high-risk

By Matthew Perrone, Lauran Neergaard, and others

A healthcare worker receives the Covid-19 vaccination. Photographer: Bing Guan/Bloomberg

Days after the FDA rejected COVID booster shots for people 16 and up, a CDC panel will decide who gets an extra dose

By Lauran Neergaard, Mike Stobbe, and others

FILE – In this July 22, 2021, file photo, health care worker fills a syringe with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. U.S. health officials Wednesday, Aug. 18, recommended all Americans get COVID-19 booster shots to shore up their protection amid the surging delta variant and evidence that the vaccines’ effectiveness is falling. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer, File)

U.S. health officials call on Americans to get COVID-19 booster shots

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A pregnant woman receives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine against COVID-19 at a vaccination center in Bogota, on July 23, 2021. – Colombia started to inoculate pregnant women who have three months of gestation or more. (Photo by Raul ARBOLEDA / AFP) (Photo by RAUL ARBOLEDA/AFP via Getty Images)

The CDC urges pregnant women to get vaccinated as Delta cases surge in the U.S.

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Health workers are testing blood of drivers from different commercial vehicles at a bus stand during a counselling and HIV test camp, organised by the Tripura State AIDS Control society. Agartala, Tripura, India.

Health experts fear rise in HIV infections as COVID halted progress on treatment, prevention

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ORLANDO, FLORIDA, UNITED STATES – 2021/04/25: A man receives a shot at the FEMA-supported COVID-19 vaccination site at Valencia State College on the first day the site resumed offering the Johnson & Johnson vaccine following the lifting of the pause ordered by the FDA and the CDC due to blood clot concerns.<br />
Most patients opted for the Pfizer vaccine which was also available. (Photo by Paul Hennessy/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images)

CDC: Fully vaccinated Americans can now go outside without a mask

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