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Dec 09 2021
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CDC Urges COVID-19 Booster Shots for Ages 16 and 17
On Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) formally encouraged 16- and 17-year-olds to get their COVID-19 booster shot as soon as they're eligible.
Roughly 4.7 million people ages 16 and 17 in the U.S. are fully vaccinated. Earlier Thursday, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave emergency authorization for 16- and 17-year-olds to get the Pfizer-BioNTech
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Fauci Touts Booster Shots as COVID-19 Cases Rise
Dr. Anthony Fauci urged people to get vaccinated and get booster shots this week amid a rise in new COVID-19 cases.
During a White House COVID-19 press briefing Wednesday, Fauci encouraged people to "get vaccinated now" and said that "if you were already vaccinated six months or more ago and eligible for a boost, get a boost." New COVID-19 cases have risen more than 30% in the past two
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US Jobless Claims Fall to Pandemic Low
U.S. jobless claims reached their lowest level of the COVID-19 pandemic last week, falling to 684,000 from 781,000 a week earlier, the Labor Department said Thursday. Claims are now at the lowest point since mid-March of last year and below the pre-pandemic high of 695,000.
Some see this as a sign that the U.S. economy is slowing recovering. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell says some
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First Lady Jill Biden Tests Positive for COVID-19, President Biden Tests Negative
On Monday evening, First Lady Jill Biden tested positive for COVID-19. President Joe Biden has tested negative.
Key Details: Jill Biden, at age 72, is double-vaccinated and twice boosted, according to her communications director. The last time she tested positive was in August 2022, and the president, who is 80, last tested positive in July 2022. The president is scheduled to leave for
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Perspectives: Biden's Booster Shot Plan
President Biden announced in August that his administration would begin offering a third “booster” shot to Americans eight months after their second dose of a Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine starting on Sept. 20. Since the FDA has already authorized certain immunocompromised people to get their third dose, Biden's plan prioritizes older people and health care workers. Many leading
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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
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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
New York Post (News) Associated Press CNN (Online News)Mar 09 2020
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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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Supreme Court Wary of Limiting Federal Contact With Social Media Companies
Supreme Court justices appeared wary of limiting the government’s ability to communicate with social media platforms in a major online speech case on Monday.
For Context: In July 2023, a federal judge ruled that the Biden administration violated the First Amendment by “coercing” or “significantly encouraging” certain content moderation decisions by social media companies, particularly
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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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