A Pfizer Booster Is Authorized For People 65+ Or At High-Risk For COVID The Food and Drug Administration gave the OK for a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine booster for anyone 65 or older or at high risk for severe disease. People whose work puts them at risk will also be eligible. Rachel Martin
Many Seattle-area kids with Covid are old enough to be vaccinated About half of the Covid patients at Seattle Children’s during this latest surge have been kids who could have been vaccinated, but weren’t. Eilís O'Neill
The FDA OKs Pfizer-BioNTech Booster For People 65+ And At High Risk For Severe COVID A third shot of the vaccine can be given at least six months after the two-dose regimen, according to the authorization. A booster rollout could begin this week. Scott Hensley
New Orleans City Council Launches Investigation Into Mass Power Failure During Ida The New Orleans City Council is grilling power company Entergy about the catastrophic failure of its grid after Hurricane Ida. Mass power outages contributed to at least 11 deaths related to heat. Tegan Wendland
The Fed Says Inflation Is Hotter Than Expected — But It Should Cool Next Year The Federal Reserve is projecting higher inflation this year than it had previously forecast, but says prices will cool more next year. Scott Horsley
Florida Gov. DeSantis Taps A New Surgeon General Who Doesn't Support Vaccine Mandates Dr. Joseph Ladapo comes to Florida from UCLA and is a Harvard Medical School graduate. He says vaccines are not the only way to promote "good health" and the decision to get one is up to each person. Deepa Shivaram
Methamphetamine Deaths Soar, Hitting Black And Native Americans Especially Hard Newly published U.S. data finds overdose deaths from methamphetamine use more than doubled in recent years. Use of the stimulant among Black Americans surged nearly tenfold. Brian Mann
U.S. Officials Are Buying More Vaccine Doses To Donate To Other Countries President Biden will announce the U.S. is buying 500 million more doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine. That would bring the total promised U.S. vaccine donations to more than 1.1 billion. Tamara Keith
The U.S. Is Buying 500 Million More Pfizer Vaccine Doses To Donate To Other Countries The pledge will come at the start of a virtual summit aimed at boosting commitments from other nations and the private sector. The goal: vaccinate 70% of the world's population within a year. Tamara Keith
Is The Worst Over? Modelers Predict A Steady Decline In COVID Cases Through March Though infections are still sky-high, the U.S. may be turning a corner, according to a consortium of researchers who forecast the pandemic. And we may well be spared a winter surge. Rob Stein