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Federal health officials have begun preliminary work to establish protocols for a “challenge” trial of a COVID-19 vaccine, including creating a strain of the virus that could be used. Reuters reported it on Friday. A ‘challenge test’ is a controversial idea to deliberately infect a few hundred young, healthy volunteers …

KATY – Most people who are now infected with COVID-19 are young, according to Dr. Anthony Fauci, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases. It issued a warning on Friday to those who contribute to the spread of the virus. “Ultimately, you will infect someone who is …