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While daily new cases of Covid-19 are significantly down from the peak in early January, the decline has plateaued in recent days at a worryingly high level.

“Now more than ever, we must do all we can to stop the spread of the virus,” CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said Wednesday.

Dr. Mike Ryan suggested that the uptick could be because “we may be relaxing a little before we’ve got the full impact of vaccination.”

President Joe Biden’s Covid-19 response team is holding a news briefing Wednesday on the coronavirus pandemic.

Biden announced Tuesday that pharmaceutical giant Merck will help make Johnson & Johnson’s Covid-19 vaccine, a senior administration official said.

The NIH halted a trial testing convalescent plasma in patients with mild-to-moderate COVID-19 symptoms after an independent group concluded it was unlikely to be beneficial.

While daily new cases have been falling rapidly since the peak in January, the decline appears to be levelling off at a worryingly high rate of infection.

Randi Weingarten, president of the American Federation of Teachers, hailed the president’s remarks as a concrete step toward reopening schools for in-person learning.

The risk of Ebola spreading to the U.S. is “extremely low,” the CDC said last week.

Complaints about the company have prompted regulators, including the Washington Department of Health, to halt distribution of the vaccines to One Medical.

Surgeon Dr. Atul Gawande explains why it’s “too soon” to roll back Covid restrictions, as many states ease social distancing rules.

The Food and Drug Administration could authorize Novavax’s Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use as early as May, the company’s CEO, Stanley Erck, told CNBC.

The CDC director said she is “really worried” about states rolling back Covid-19 restrictions as cases appear to be leveling off at a “very high number.”

There were 47 reports of severe allergic reactions in those who received Pfizer’s vaccine and 19 cases in those who got Moderna’s as of Jan. 18, the CDC said.

Fauci said the New York strain likely originated in Washington Heights, a neighborhood in the uppermost area of Manhattan, before spreading to other boroughs.

Florida Democrat Nikki Fried accused DeSantis of “inept distribution of vaccines at best, and corrupt political patronage at worst.”

President Joe Biden’s Covid-19 response team is holding a news briefing on the coronavirus pandemic

CEO Alex Gorsky told CNBC that J&J’s newly approved vaccine will be an important tool in the fight against the pandemic.

The FDA has approved J&J’s Covid-19 vaccine for emergency use, giving the U.S. a third tool to fight the pandemic.

Johnson & Johnson board member Dr. Mark McClellan says the company expects 20 million Covid vaccine doses delivered by the end of March.