By David Lim

Biden will address the testing situation Thursday afternoon, in what the White House is billing as a major speech laying out the next phase of the federal pandemic response.

Federal health officials are weighing how to implement the lessons they have learned from this pandemic to prepare for the next one.

Federal health officials are weighing how to implement the lessons they have learned from this pandemic to prepare for the next one.

Federal health officials are weighing how to implement the lessons they have learned from this pandemic to prepare for the next one.

Federal health officials are weighing how to implement the lessons they have learned from this pandemic to prepare for the next one.

“If you’re too busy at work or school, you can get vaccinated around the clock,” President Biden said in touting the new measures.

“If you’re too busy at work or school, you can get vaccinated around the clock,” President Biden said in touting the new measures.

With vaccination slowing the virus’s spread, some schools are reopening without the kind of widespread Covid-19 screening that Biden once envisioned as crucial.

With vaccination slowing the virus’s spread, some schools are reopening without the kind of widespread Covid-19 screening that Biden once envisioned as crucial.

With vaccination slowing the virus’s spread, some schools are reopening without the kind of widespread Covid-19 screening that Biden once envisioned as crucial.

One billion dollars of the $1.7 billion will be used directly to expand genomic sequencing over the long-term.

One billion dollars of the $1.7 billion will be used directly to expand genomic sequencing over the long-term.

This change that will likely allow the company to speed up the pace of its shipments.

This change that will likely allow the company to speed up the pace of its shipments.

This change that will likely allow the company to speed up the pace of its shipments.

The administration wants to shift focus from diagnosing people who suspect they’re infected to regularly screening millions of Americans at school or work.

The agency’s announcement Tuesday is aimed at making it easier to screen Americans returning to school and work, senior FDA regulators said.

The program is aimed at helping in-person learning restart broadly before the school year’s end.

The agency’s announcement Tuesday is aimed at making it easier to screen Americans returning to school and work, senior FDA regulators said.

The widespread testing envisioned by the Biden program is sorely needed to help bring the pandemic to an end.

The widespread testing envisioned by the Biden program is sorely needed to help bring the pandemic to an end.

The widespread testing envisioned by the Biden program is sorely needed to help bring the pandemic to an end.

Health officials told reporters that $650 million will be used to increase access to testing in non-medical settings, such as K-8 schools.

So far, though, the federal effort is lagging.

Many pharmacies are already administering vaccine doses that have been allocated to states.

Many pharmacies are already administering vaccine doses that have been allocated to states.

Many pharmacies are already administering vaccine doses that have been allocated to states.

Many pharmacies are already administering vaccine doses that have been allocated to states.

The mixed results came on the same day that the United States announced it had found its first Covid-19 cases linked to the South African variant.

The mixed results came on the same day that the United States announced it had found its first Covid-19 cases linked to the South African variant.