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States can reserve COVID shots for kids 5-11 this week
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- Carolyn Crist
Ages 5-11 will need a 10-microgram dose, which is one-third of the dose administered to ages 12 and older.
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Synthetic chemical in consumer products linked to early death, study says
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- Carolyn Crist
Daily exposure to phthalates may lead to hundreds of thousands of early deaths each year among older adults in the United States.
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Hundreds of thousands of U.S. troops remain unvaccinated
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- Carolyn Crist
Compliance has varied across the services.
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Merck seeks FDA authorization for antiviral COVID-19 pill
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- Carolyn Crist
If the FDA grants authorization, the drug would be the first oral antiviral treatment for COVID-19.
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Federal judge pauses strict Texas abortion law
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- Carolyn Crist
Robert Pitman, a federal district court judge in Austin, criticized the law for delegating enforcement to private individuals.
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New York’s largest health care provider fires 1,400 unvaccinated employees
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- Carolyn Crist
A few thousand Northwell employees got vaccinated as the deadline approached.
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Johnson & Johnson requests FDA approval for vaccine booster doses
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- Carolyn Crist
The FDA’s independent vaccine advisory committee meets next week to review data on booster shots from both Johnson & Johnson and Moderna.
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Pfizer COVID vaccine antibodies may disappear in 7 months, study says
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- Carolyn Crist
“Our study shows vaccination with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine induces high levels of neutralizing antibodies against the original vaccine strain,...
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COVID vaccination rates among pregnant people remain low
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- Carolyn Crist
About 30% of pregnant people are vaccinated, according to the latest CDC data, with only 18% obtaining a dose during pregnancy.
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Supreme Court sets date for case that challenges Roe v. Wade
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- Carolyn Crist
The Mississippi case, Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, is seeking to overturn Roe v. Wade by asking the Supreme...
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FDA could authorize COVID-19 vaccine for ages 5-11 in October
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- Carolyn Crist
The agency said it would consider applications for emergency use, which would allow for faster approval.
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Florida doctor won’t treat unvaccinated patients in person
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- Carolyn Crist
“I am following the science. I’m applying this to the benefit of the sick.”
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WHO tracking new COVID-19 variant called Mu
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- Carolyn Crist
The World Health Organization is tracking a new COVID-19 variant called Mu, which could be able to evade the...
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Plastic barriers may not stop COVID-19 spread, experts say
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- Carolyn Crist
Scientists who study air flow, ventilation, and aerosol droplets say the barriers may not help, and in fact,...
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Latest data show increase in breakthrough COVID-19 cases
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- Carolyn Crist
“Remember when the early vaccine studies came out, it was like nobody gets hospitalized, nobody dies. ... That clearly is not true.”