内容摘要：“A lot of us aren’t afraid to tangle it up with people who have been considered the best at these longer distance events,” Nuguse said. “That’s what makes track so much fun — having new things happen.”

“A lot of us aren’t afraid to tangle it up with people who have been considered the best at these longer distance events,” Nuguse said. “That’s what makes track so much fun — having new things happen.”

Provisional data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows more than 47,000 Americans died from COVID-related causes last year. The virus was the underlying cause for two-thirds of those and it was a contributing factor for the rest. Among them were 231 children whose deaths were deemed COVID-related, 134 of them where the virus was the direct cause -- numbers similar to yearly pediatric deaths from the flu.The new FDA approach is the culmination of a

under Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.the use of COVID shots and raising questions about the broader availability of vaccines. It was released two days ahead of the first meeting of FDA’s outside vaccine experts under Trump.but with major restrictions on who can get it — and Tuesday’s guidance mirrors those restrictions. The approval came after Trump appointees overruled FDA scientists’ earlier plans to approve the shot without restrictions.

A vial of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine rests on a table at an inoculation station in Jackson, Miss., on July 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)A vial of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine rests on a table at an inoculation station in Jackson, Miss., on July 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis, File)

Pfizer and Moderna, makers of the most commonly used COVID shots, each said they would continue to work with the agency.

For years, federal health officials have told most Americans to expect annual updates to COVID-19 vaccines, similar to the annual flu shot. Just like with flu vaccines, until now the FDA has approved updated COVID shots so long as they show as much immune protection as the previous year’s version.Mountaineers queue up below Camp 4 on the way to the summit of Mount Everest in Nepal, May 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Jenjen Lama)

Mountaineers queue up below Camp 4 on the way to the summit of Mount Everest in Nepal, May 17, 2025. (AP Photo/Jenjen Lama)Oxygen cylinders are kept on a slope on the way to the summit of Mount Everest in Nepal, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Kunga Sherpa)

Oxygen cylinders are kept on a slope on the way to the summit of Mount Everest in Nepal, May 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Kunga Sherpa)Mount Thamserku rises above the town of Namche Bazaar in Nepal, April 18, 2025. (AP Photo/Pasang Rinzee Sherpa)