>"The first checks could be cut in April. The money — from the nation’s three major pharmaceutical distributors and Johnson & Johnson — will be used for addiction treatment and prevention."

>"With spotty immunity in the population and a churn of new variants, the coronavirus is likely to become a persistent but hopefully manageable threat."

>"The Omicron coronavirus variant is moving much faster than researchers can, worsening a longstanding problem: The agency must make tough decisions with scant data."