Welcome to Tuesday s Overnight Health Care.
The Biden administration announced plans to boost the vaccine supply to states and make it easier for states to plan. Meanwhile, the White House tried to clarify the president s comments about the number of inoculations. The CDC found rare instances of COVID-19 spread in schools, and there s good news about antibody therapies.
We ll start with vaccine news:
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Biden takes steps to boost number of vaccine doses sent to states
President Biden is taking a range of steps to try to smooth the bumpy vaccine rollout.
The supply of vaccines going to states will increase from 8.6 million to 10 million doses per week for at least the next three weeks, due to releasing more doses of the Moderna vaccine.