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California Gov. Gavin Newsom declared a state of emergency Monday to support the state's vaccination efforts against the monkeypox virus.

An independent panel of advisors to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, or CDC, voted Saturday to recommend vaccinating young children with COVID-19 vaccines manufactured by either Moderna or Pfizer, as first reported by NPR.

About 49% of Berkeley children ages 5 to 11 years old have received the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine, announced the city of Berkeley on Thursday.

As UC Berkeley prepares for an in-person fall reopening, a panel of campus faculty and staff addressed questions and concerns regarding a safe return to work during a Campus Conversation on Tuesday.

On April 22, the UC Office of the President, or UCOP, made public a proposed policy that strongly recommends that all UC students, faculty, academic appointees and staff receive the COVID-19 vaccine for fall 2021.

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. 

The Western States Scientific Safety Review Workgroup concluded Saturday that Johnson & Johnson vaccine distribution should resume in the western states.

Following the recent suspension of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine across the U.S., the city of Berkeley announced a pause in the administration of the vaccine in accordance with state and federal recommendations.

President Joe Biden invoked a partnership between Johnson & Johnson and its pharmaceutical competitor, Merck, to expedite vaccine production and distribution.

Amid increasing campus cases of COVID-19, UC Berkeley researchers have collaborated in a biosafety level three facility, or BSL-3, to find therapeutics that would help in treating the SARS-CoV-2 virus.