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The FDA is postponing their scheduled advisory committee meeting on Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 6 months to 4 years, which now may not happen for a few more months, agency officials said on Friday.

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False claims propel a battle over who gets COVID treatments

Fri, 2022-02-11 12:15 — mike kraft

Former Trump adviser falsely claims states are rationing scarce covid treatments based largely on race Minnesota and Utah revised their policies under pressure, although experts experts dispute that Whites were denied antiviral drugs based on racial criteria. Salvador Rizzo Washington Post

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Quad-supported vaccine roll-out for poorer nations to begin in first half this year

Fri, 2022-02-11 10:52 — mike kraft

Quad-supported vaccine roll-out to begin in first half The first batch of COVID-19 vaccines that are part of the Quad group of countries' pledge to donate shots across the world, manufactured by India's Biological E, will roll out in the first half of 2022, the grouping said in a statement on Friday. Reuters Reuters

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Masks: Why and where mask mandates are falling and county related data

Fri, 2022-02-11 09:41 — mike kraft

Here's why mask mandates are falling across the US As the omicron wave of the coronavirus subsides, several U.S. states including Nevada, New York and Illinois ended mask mandates this week for indoor settings, while others lifted requirements at schools. The White House says talks are underway about how and when to move the country out of the emergency phase of the pandemic, but in the meantime people are advised to keep following guidance from the U.S.

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School officials are caught in the middle as some states end mask rules

Thu, 2022-02-10 10:03 — mike kraft

As state mask rules end, school leaders are in the middle As some of the last statewide mask mandates in the U.S. near an end, decisions about whether students and teachers should continue to wear masks in school are shifting to local leaders, who are caught in the middle of one of the most combustible issues of the pandemic. AP NEWS

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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention still recommends masks for students and staff inside buildings, leaving district leaders to weigh the federal guidance against what they have seen in their own schools and heard from the parents, teachers and students. ...

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