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People who don't show symptoms of COVID-19 need not be tested, even if they've been exposed to the virus, the CDC now says. (NBC News)

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D) announced the state won't be canceling its quarantine requirement for visitors from certain COVID-19 hotspot states even though the CDC said such measures are no longer necessary. (New York Post)

As of 8:00 a.m. EDT Wednesday, the unofficial COVID-19 tally reached 5,779,395 cases and 178,533 deaths -- up 38,307 and 1,249 from this time a day ago.

A biotech lab in England is gearing up to manufacture AstraZeneca's COVID-19 vaccine if and when it's approved, but that deal is raising concerns about access and pricing. (CBS News, Kaiser Health News)

One hurdle for vaccine makers trying to secure deals in the EU -- a lack of full legal protection for side-effect-related claims. (Reuters)

Send in the troops: that's what Spain's prime minister is doing to help with a resurgence of COVID-19 in that country. (Reuters)

A nasal spray formulation of a vaccine candidate is showing promising results, University of Alabama researchers say. (AL.com)

Meanwhile, that same university has more than 500 coronavirus cases just 6 days after reopening, and Tuscaloosa's mayor has ordered local bars to close for 2 weeks. (Business Insider)

A nurses' union has sued two Florida hospitals, alleging that they are not adequately protecting workers from the coronavirus. (Bradenton Herald)

What was it like during the first COVID-19 nursing home outbreak in the U.S.? Katie Engelhart of the California Sunday Magazine digs in.

Do you think coronavirus test results take too long to come back? Watch what happens when flu season hits. (New York Times)

Remember that Biogen conference in Boston that was said to be a "superspreader" event? It's now thought to be responsible for 20,000 coronavirus infections, and nearly a third of the virus cases in Massachusetts are thought to come from the gene variant that originated there. (Becker's Hospital Review, Washington Post)

An early August wedding and reception in Maine is believed to be the source of 60 coronavirus cases in the state, including some cases among people -- residing in jails and nursing homes -- who did not attend the wedding. (CNN)

At the U.N., the U.S. rejected the notion of "an assumed right to abortion," after a working group on discrimination against women and girl's found that some U.S. states may have used the pandemic to curb access to the procedure. (Reuters)

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