Children, perhaps close to halloween. Next steps, pfizer and its partner, biontech, will apply to the fda in coming days to get their vaccine authorized for use in children. The New York times underscoring the urgent need for a safe and effective vaccine for kids asap writing this, quote, children now account for one in five new cases, when the highly contagious Delta Variant has sent more children into hospitals and icus in the past few weeks than at any time other time in the pandemic. Its coming at a complicated moment for kids in schools with classrooms all across this country shutting down or having to revert once again to remote learning just days or weeks into the new School Year. Doctors in alaska, idaho, and montana are facing what the Washington Post describes as agonizing ethical questions, forced to Ration Care for some of its sickest patients as hospitals surpass capacity due to covid surges. The state of alabama revealing their grimmest of statistics, that deaths outpace
Afrd them. aarp is fighting for americans like larry, and we won t stop. that s why we re calling on congress to let medicare negotiate lower prescription drug prices. hi there, everyone. it s 4:00 in new york. the news parents and teachers and peds transitionings have been waiting for, that long awaited breaking news on kids and a covid vaccine. the headline? it s safe, and it s most likely coming very soon. pfizer announcing its findings that a lower dose of the pfizer vaccine is safe and highly effective for kids as young as 5 years old. it s an anoup nounszment the washington post skpribs like this, quote a crucial step toward the two-shot coronavirus vaccine regimen becoming available for younger scale aged