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All three COVID-19 vaccines authorized for use in the United States are now approved for “mix and match” booster doses following an announcement from the FDA.
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UC Berkeley professors Inez Fung and Saul Perlmutter were appointed Wednesday to the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology, or PCAST.
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Texas’ law allows private citizens to sue anyone involved in obtaining an abortion after the six-week window before fetal cardiac activity begins.
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As vaccination rates increase and the rate of new COVID-19 cases decreases across California, the state has moved forward with sweeping reopening plans — impeded, however, by the rise in cases of the virus’s highly contagious delta variant.
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Former Minnesota police officer Derek Chauvin was sentenced Friday to 22.5 years in prison in the murder of George Floyd.
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Children between 12 to 15 years old may soon be able to receive the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, pending approval from the Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, early next week.
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Amid a second wave of COVID-19 cases in India, U.S. President Joseph Biden added the country to the COVID-19 travel ban list in a proclamation effective Tuesday.
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In light of Derek Chauvin’s conviction for the murder of George Floyd, the Berkeley community responded with sadness, anger, relief and the recognition that the fight is far from over.
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Surrounded by social distancing and mask-wearing signs at every walk of life, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC, released guidelines Monday enabling vaccinated individuals to gather indoors in small groups without masks or distancing.
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Catherine Wolfram, UC Berkeley Haas School of Business associate dean for academic affairs, has been appointed as the deputy assistant secretary for climate and energy economics at the United States Department of the Treasury.
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