the delta variant is definitely hitting them a lot smarter, a lot harder than they had in the past. it s a game changer. it is. the kids are sicker than they have been. a lot to talk about tonight how effective masks are at keeping kids safe in school. we ll talk to an infectious disease specialist about what the research actually found. we do begin though with cnn s kaitlan collins at the white house. what do we know about this booster decision? reporter: anderson, this is expected to come by the fda at the end of the week offering this third shot for some people who are immunocompromised. a small subset of a group and that can be people who had organ transplants, getting chemo treatments, things of that nature as well. but that will be detailed when the fda makes the authorization, and it s not the last step in getting these people this shot of moderna or pfizer vaccine but
finally tonight here, alex trebek marking one year in his battle against pancreatic cancer with a very personal new message. tonight, jeopardy! host alex trebek marking a milestone. marking one year in his battle with pancreatic cancer. hi, everyone. if you ve got a minute, i d like to bring you up to date on my health situation. reporter: trebek with a very candid, personal update. i d be lying if i said the journey had been an easy one. there were some good days, but a lot of not so good days. i joked with friends that the cancer won t kill me, the chemo treatments will. reporter: the 79-year-old talking openly about the grueling treatments, the side effects, the depression. i brushed that aside quickly, because that would have been a massive betrayal. a betrayal of my wife and soulmate, jean, who has given her all to help me survive. it would have been a betrayal of other cancer patients who have looked to me as an inspiration
had a setback for pancreatic cancer. my numbers went south dramatically and quickly. it appears that i will be having more chemo treatments ahead of me. juan: well, even in that dark hour, there are some good news, folks. he has donated more than $10,000 to pancreatic research in honor of alex trebek. here is abby with the director of the cancer institute. i m honored to be able to make this donation to support him and the millions of other people suffering from pancreatic cancer throughout the world. juan: the 79-year-old adam ss that he may be nearing the end and he is going to keep doing it as long as possible as long as his skills don t diminish. alec, we are praying for you. jesse: greg.
teva says it was only producing 3% of the markets supply and the data showed no indication of the possibility of a shortage. the company still making the drug, pfizer, says it s expected to meet the need for the drug with a new delivery schedule for later this month. the fda reports the supply is set to recover by the start of next year. but we are hearing from more families across the country who are already feeling the effects of the loss. an 11-year-old in virginia who is sensitive to chemotherapy and was using this drug while doctors put chemo treatments on hold, parents of a couple kids in south carolina say their children have a good chance of beating cancer but only if they get the drug. a boy in texas was almost at the end of his cancer treatment until he was told he would not be getting his final dose. jase and his mom join us. i want to talk to you because everything i ve read about you,
the truth of the matter is that we try to depress the subject. one of the things that i always say to people is imagine if you were seriously depressed, and would you go to your employer to tell him or her that you were seriously depressed and needed treatment? probably not. if you were diagnosed with cancer and you needed treatment and needed time off from work to go to your chemo treatments or whatever, you would absolutely go to talk to your employer. how do we change that? how does that deal with that difference? yewe talk about it, elevate, make people realize there are people all over the country dealing with this. we know 40,000 people committed suicide in 2017. we know this is surprising that the highest the highest rate of suicide recently has been white men over 60 which includes my beloved partner. and, you know, so this is a problem that has no boundaries.