The Office of Management and Budget has rescinded its call for a pause on federal assistance, according to the agency’s memo shared by Democracy Forward, which led a legal challenge over the effort. But the White House said that only the original memo calling for the freeze had been rescinded. The new memo says the heads of executive departments and …

The vaccines for children over 6 months old will have to be approved by the F.D.A. and the C.D.C. before being shipped around the country The COVID-19 vaccine for children under 5 is expected to become available in the next few weeks, the White House said on Thursday. President Biden’s coronavirus response coordinator, Dr. Ashish Jha, shared in a briefing …