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The U.S. Secret Service said Friday that it has recovered $286 million in fraudulently obtained pandemic loans and is returning the money to the Small Business Administration.

COVID-19 vaccine maker and pharma giant Moderna is suing its main competitors Pfizer and the German drugmaker BioNTech.

A special House panel looking into the government’s coronavirus response says the Trump White House tried to pressure U.S. health experts into reauthorizing the drug hydroxychloroquine, that has been discredited as a COVID-19 treatment.

Pfizer said its COVID-19 vaccine was 73% effective in protecting children younger than 5 as omicron spread in the spring, according to the Associated Press.

Dr. Antony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, is leaving the federal government in December, as reported by the Associated Press.

A bill moving through the California legislature would require school districts to come up with COVID-19 testing plans in case of positive cases in the classroom.

The World Health Organization has renamed two monkeypox variants that were named after countries and regions in order to align with “current best practices,” NPR reports.

First Lady Jill Biden has tested positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing “mild symptoms,” as reported by the Associated Press.

The nation’s top public health agency is relaxing its COVID-19 guidelines and dropping the recommendation that Americans quarantine themselves if they come into close contact with an infected person.