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Novavax says its COVID-19 shot is on track for full FDA approval after delay • Apr. 23, 2025, 10:51 AM ET (AP)
Advanced cancers returned to prepandemic levels, according to a reassuring report • Apr. 22, 2025, 8:43 AM ET (AP)
Trump turns a COVID information website into a promotion page for the lab leak theory • Apr. 18, 2025, 2:19 PM ET (AP)
WHO member countries agree on a draft 'pandemic treaty' to try to avoid COVID-19 mistakes • Apr. 16, 2025, 2:16 PM ET (AP)
Records show Gene Hackman's wife researched symptoms of illness days before her death • Apr. 15, 2025, 9:01 PM ET (AP)

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