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Blood samples offer more evidence COVID-19 was in …

The novel coronavirus is seen under an electron microscope. (National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases)

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U.S. is spending $1 billion in unprecedented effort to …

Karla Jefferies sits in her kitchen in Detroit, Friday, March 5, 2021. Jefferies, 64, a retired state worker in Detroit, Michigan, tested positive for COVID-19 in March 2020 and has been bothered by puzzling symptoms ever since. First it was fatigue, fever, and no taste or smell. Then came brain fog, insomnia, a nagging smell of something burning that only recently disappeared, and intermittent ringing in her ears. Now she can't hear out of her left ear. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

National Institutes of Health to study ‘long-haul’ COVID-19 …

In this Jan. 21, 2021 file photo, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, speaks with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

New study shows COVID-19 antibody drug helped prevent …

Eli Lilly announced the results Monday, Sept. 14, 2020, from a 1,000-person study sponsored by the U.S. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)

Dr. Fauci: U.S. could soon give 1 million COVID-19 vaccinations …

In this Dec. 22, 2020, file photo Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, prepares to receive his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at the National Institutes of Health in Bethesda, Md. (Patrick Semansky, Pool/AP Photo)

Rollout of Moderna vaccine, 2nd COVID-19 shot OK’d in …

A worker carries a box containing the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine as it is prepared to be shipped at the McKesson distribution center in Olive Branch, Miss., Sunday, Dec. 20, 2020. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, Pool)

2nd study testing COVID-19 antibody drug paused as monitors …

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Plasma should not be considered standard care for …

Mckinley Edelman, 26, a recovered COVID-19 patient, donates plasma to MedStar Georgetown University Hospital at Inova Blood Services on April 22, 2020 in Dulles, Virginia. (Alex Edelman / AFP via Getty Images)

Debate begins for who’s first in line for COVID-19 …

In this July 27, 2020 file photo, a nurse prepares a shot as a study of a possible COVID-19 vaccine, developed by the National Institutes of Health and Moderna Inc., gets underway in Binghamton, N.Y. Who gets to be first in line for a COVID-19 vaccine? U.S. health authorities hope by late next month to have some draft guidance on how to ration initial doses, but it’s a vexing decision. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink)

Drug proved effective against novel coronavirus in …

One vial of the drug remdesivir is displayed during a press conference at the University Hospital Eppendorf in Hamburg, northern Germany on April 8, 2020. (ULRICH PERREY/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

NIH seeks volunteers for at-home COVID-19 antibody …

A digital rendering of the coronavirus. (Getty Images)

COVID-19 patients rush to join trials of experimental …

Vials are seen in an image posted to a page on the Gilead Sciences website with information on the remdesivir drug trial on April 4, 2020.

Cedars-Sinai participating in major clinical trial …

Digital generated image of macro view of the coronavirus. (Getty Images)

UC Irvine in clinical trial to test antiviral treatment …

The UC Irvine Medical Center is seen in a file photo. (Credit: Los Angeles Times)