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Mar 09 2020
Headline Roundup
6 State Primaries, Including Michigan, Set for Biden-Sanders Duel
Six states, including the perennial swing state of Michigan, hold primary elections Tuesday. Media coverage has concentrated on the competition between former Vice President Joe Biden and Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) for the 2020 Democratic presidential nomination, with many framing the primaries as crucial for Sanders. Others focused on how the coronavirus outbreak is affecting candidates'
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Omicron Variant Causes Airlines To Cancel Thousands of Christmas Eve Flights
Over 3,500 flights across the globe that were scheduled for Christmas Eve and Christmas Day were abruptly canceled on Friday.
According to flight tracker FlightAware, between 5% and 10% of U.S. airline flights were canceled. Airline representatives attributed the surge of cancellations to the spread of the Omicron COVID-19 variant. A spokesperson for United Airlines said that "the
Reuters The Epoch Times The GuardianJan 29 2021
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Johnson & Johnson Announces 1-Shot Vaccine is 66% Effective Against Moderate to Severe COVID-19
Johnson & Johnson announced Friday that its coronavirus vaccine, the only single-dose vaccine to pass phase 3 clinical trials, was on average 66% effective against moderate to severe illness, 85% effective against severe infections and 100% effective against hospitalizations and death. Effectiveness varied regionally, however; effectiveness against moderate illness was 72% in the U.S., 66
New York Times (News) NPR (Online News) National Review (News)Nov 02 2021
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CDC Approves Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine for Young Kids
On Tuesday, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Rochelle Walensky officially recommended Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for the approximately 28 million U.S. children ages 5-11.
A group of advisers to the CDC had voted unanimously earlier Tuesday to recommend the shots, which would be roughly one-third the size of Pfizer's adult vaccine. The Biden administration has
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FDA Endorses Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine for Kids Ages 5-11
The Food and Drug Administration issued emergency use authorization Friday for Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11, making it the first COVID-19 vaccine authorized in the U.S for young kids.
An FDA advisory panel voted 17-0 with one abstention Tuesday to recommend the vaccine for kids; it is roughly one-third the dose of the vaccine used for people ages 12 and up.
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Calls For Schools To Reopen Grow As Studies Find COVID-19 Transmission Rate Low Among Children, Teachers Get Vaccinated
Calls to reopen schools grow as teachers receive the COVID-19 vaccine and studies show a low virus transmission rate among young children. A study from the American Academy of Pediatrics found in-school transmission of COVID-19 to be "extremely rare," while a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report found that COVID-19 cases among children remained low even after schools
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Biden Tells Governors “No Federal Solution” to Pandemic, Pledges Support for States
In a Monday call with the National Governors Association, President Joe Biden stirred headlines by saying, “Look, there is no federal solution” to COVID-19, adding, “This gets solved at a state level. I’m looking at Governor Sununu on the board here. He talks about that a lot.”
Biden’s comments came in response to remarks by Arkansas Gov. Asa Hutchinson, a Republican, who thanked Biden
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Merck Asks FDA for Emergency Approval of Antiviral COVID-19 Pill
Pharmaceutical drugmaker Merck and its partner Ridgeback Biotherapeutics announced Monday that it has asked the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for emergency approval of its COVID-19 pill. The company says the pill, called molnupiravir, reduced the risk of hospitalization or death in patients with mild to moderate COVID-19 by about 50% in a late-stage clinical trial. Researchers at Emory
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COVID-19 Booster Shots to Begin Soon for Certain Adults After CDC Recommendation
CDC Director Rochelle Walensky recommended the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 booster shot Thursday for people ages 65 and older, as well as adults at high risk of severe COVID-19. Walensky's nod followed a similar recommendation from a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) panel; the panel's 15 advisers unanimously supported the shots for ages 65+, and voted 13-2 to endorse giving Pfizer
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US to Donate 500 Million Additional Vaccine Doses to Other Countries
President Joe Biden announced Wednesday that the U.S. would purchase 500 million more doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to donate to other countries, bringing America’s total donation commitment to over 1.1 billion doses. The effort is motivated by Biden’s reported goal of fully vaccinating 70% of the world’s population within the next year. While the U.S. has fully vaccinated 55% of its
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