FDA allows troubled Baltimore COVID-19 vaccine factory to resume operations By Linda A. Johnson Why CDC recommends wearing masks indoors even if fully vaccinated The CDC updated guidance on masks, saying on July 27, 2021, that people in areas of high COVID-19 transmission should wear them indoors regardless of vaccination status. BALTIMORE (AP) - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration is allowing the problem-plagued factory of contract manufacturer Emergent BioSolutions to resume production of COVID-19 vaccine, the company said Thursday. The Baltimore factory was shut down by the FDA in mid-Ap...