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FDA commissioner on plans for COVID vaccine

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Americans need to quarantine for seven to 10 days after being exposed to the coronavirus, a decrease from its earlier recommendation of 14 days. The outbreak in the U.S. has gone from bad to catastrophic with nearly 2,600 people dying from COVID on Tuesday, the country's second-highest single-day death toll since the pandemic began. Dr. Teresa Murray Amato, chair of emergency medicine at Long Island Jewish Forest Hills hospital in New York City, joins CBSN's "Red & Blue" to discuss.

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Biden tests negative for COVID-19

President Biden's doctor says he has tested negative for COVID-19, once on Tuesday night and again Monday morning. He will address the nation from the Rose Garden on his recovery and the importance of being vaccinated against the virus. CBS News chief White House correspondent Nancy Cordes and Dr. John Moore, professor of microbiology and immunology at Weill Cornell Medicine, both joined CBS News to discuss the president's bout with COVID-19.

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Biden on fifth day of COVID-19 isolation

His physician says President Biden now feels well enough to exercise after contracting COVID-19 last week. Meanwhile, the Kaiser Family Foundation released a new report showing that 43% of parents with children under the age of 5 do not plan to get them vaccinated against the virus. CBS News' Tanya Rivero and Lana Zak talk with Dr. William Schaffner, professor of infectious diseases at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, to discuss these developments and more.

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