Between October and December of last year, researchers swabbed the noses of 93 dead deer from across Pennsylvania. Nearly a fifth of the animals tested positive for COVID.
The bipartisan bill as currently written would provide $15.6 billion in new money for COVID-19 vaccines and therapeutics. But at the insistence of Republicans, that spending would be offset by tapping unspent aid from previous pandemic relief laws.
The upcoming trials will test the drug at different doses for children as young as 6 years old who test positive for COVID-19 and are not hospitalized, but are also at risk of developing severe disease.
There's an effort led by a group called Marked By COVID to establish an enduring memorial to a pandemic that has killed some 960,000 people in the U.S. — with the number still rising.