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Moderna has started submitting data for the evaluation of a third booster dose at the 50 µg dose level to both the Food and Drug Administration and the European Medicines Agency. The booster dose has been found to produce "robust antibody responses" in a phase 2 study.

Moderna has begun submitting data on its COVID-19 booster vaccine to the Food and Drug Administration for review.

Federal health officials are asking the White House to pushback a timeline for the rollout of the Moderna booster campaign, after the Biden administration set a Sept. 20 timeline for the shot.

Florida is set to start fining businesses, government entities and schools $5,000 for asking customers or visitors to show proof they have been vaccinated against the coronavirus.

Two Food and Drug Administration senior officials are reportedly stepping down from their posts over a disagreement with the White House on the administration of booster shots.

Moderna has completed a submission filing for full FDA approval of its COVID-19 vaccine in individuals 18 and up.

Vice President Kamala Harris said on Wednesday the U.S. plans to donate 1 million Pfizer coronavirus vaccine doses to Vietnam, where only 2% of the population has been vaccinated.

President Biden leaned into the new FDA licensure, or full approval, of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine on Monday, encouraging businesses to require vaccinations among employees.

The Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine is expected to receive FDA approval Monday, and Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy is predicting this will lead to more private businesses requiring employees to get their shots.

The White House is motioning for a third dose of coronavirus vaccinations to be recommended for those at high risk and former assistant secretary of health Adm. Brett Giroir advocated for the FDA to push through the approval immediately.

People dining indoors at New York City's restaurants, browsing art at its museums or sweating in its gyms had to show proof Tuesday that they were at least partially inoculated against COVID-19 as the city began the nation's largest effort yet to exclude the unvaccinated from public places.

The delta variant appears to be breaking through the protection vaccines provide at a higher rate than previous strains, a Wall Street Journal analysis found.

The vaccine requirement is set to go into full effect no later than Oct. 1, the company said in a news release on Thursday.

Three major U.S. airlines announced they will not require current employees to be vaccinated against the coronavirus bucking a precedent set by United Airlines who recently said they would require the shot for their employees.

Los Angeles, the second-largest city in the United States, took a significant step toward the goal of requiring residents to be vaccinated in order to visit local business establishments.

Maryland-based biotech Novavax announced a delay in plans to file for U.S. FDA authorization of its COVID-19 vaccine.