A CVS in Ipswich, Massachusetts, gave a limited number of patients a 0.3 mL dose of the Moderna COVID vaccine on Monday instead of the recommended 0.5 mL dose.
A memo was sent to the White House signed by a dozen health and safety experts, calling on the CDC and OSHA to recommend and require the use of respiratory protection, such as N95s.
Known as the Bristol variant and first seen in the UK, the variant carries the same mutations as the Kent or B117 version of the virus as well as the E484K mutation seen in the South African variant.
The CDC said the investment will help the federal agency scale up genome sequencing of positive coronavirus samples by three-fold from about 7,000 per week to around 25,000.
CDC director Dr Rochelle Walensky said Sunday that schools can reopen safely without all of the teachers being vaccinated as COVID-19 cases dip below 85,000 for the first time in three months.