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FILE - Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. speaks during the Libertarian National Convention at the Washington Hilton in Washington, Friday, May 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana, File)

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COVID-19 Pandemic: News, Links & Resources

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COVID-19 and the Coronavirus

HUNTINGTON PARK-CA-AUGUST 28, 2024: Brandon Guerrero, 34, of Compton, receives both a flu and COVID-19 vaccine at CVS in Huntington Park on August 28, 2024. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times)

Trump’s first term brought world-changing vaccine. His second could bring retreat

FILE - President-elect Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with the House GOP conference, Nov. 13, 2024, in Washington. (Allison Robbert/Pool via AP, File)

Trump picks Jay Bhattacharya, critic of COVID mandates, to lead National Institutes of Health

A pharmacist holds a COVID-19 vaccine at a pharmacy in New York, Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Mary Conlon)

Opinion: Don’t be stupid: Skipping your COVID booster could reduce your IQ

Amelia, 16, sits for a portrait in a park near her home in Illinois on Friday, March 24, 2023.

Depression was rising among young people in Southern California. COVID made it worse

FILE - A woman holds two boxes of at-home Covid-19 test kits in Washington, Dec. 22, 2021. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Free COVID tests are back. Here’s how to get yours

FILE - In this file photo dated Sunday, Jan. 31, 2021, a convoy of vehicles carrying the World Health Organization team enters the interior of the Huanan Seafood Market on the third day of field visit in Wuhan in central China. International scientists have examined previously unavailable genetic data from samples collected at a market in China close to where the first human cases of COVID-19 were detected and said they have found suggestions the pandemic originated from animals, not a lab. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

New genetic research points to Wuhan animal market as origin of COVID pandemic, study says

HUNTINGTON PARK-CA-AUGUST 28, 2024: Cynthia Blancas, 42, of Lynwood, receives a Covid-19 vaccine by pharmacist Deep Patel, right, at CVS in Huntington Park on August 28, 2024. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times)

The new COVID vaccine is here. Why these are the best times to get immunized

FILE - Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg testifies before a joint hearing of the Commerce and Judiciary Committees on Capitol Hill in Washington, April 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

White House pressured Facebook over some COVID-19 content during the pandemic, Zuckerberg says

This photo provided by Pfizer in August 2024 shows a packaging for the company's updated COVID vaccine for ages 12 and up, approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. (Steven Decroos/Pfizer via AP)

FDA approves updated COVID-19 vaccines; shots should be available in days

LYNNWOOD, CA - SEPTEMBER 22, 2023 - USC graduate and pharmacy student Jordan Gelacio gives Aura Viva a free flu shot at a vaccine clinic provided by the L.A. Care and Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plans at the Community Resource Center in Lynnwood on September 22, 2023. According to Hector Andrade, with L.A. Care and Blue Shield of California, they were not able to get COVID-19 vaccines for this clinic. They hope to have some by next week for other clinics. They are hosting10 walk-in vaccine clinics at their jointly operated Community Resource Centers across Los Angeles County, providing members and the public with no-cost flu and upcoming COVID-19* vaccines. Visitors also had their blood pressure checked and blood sugar measured. The vaccine clinics will take place from September 22 to October 20, 2023. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

COVID and bird flu are rising. Here’s how to keep yourself safe

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