Altman, pediatrician and spokesperson for the american academy of pediatrician and dr. Lena nguyen also with us. Dr. Altman, i want to start with you, the impact of this announcement. Sure. You know, i think this is really exciting, as a pediatrician and parent of a 6yearold who is the only child in my household not yet vaccinated, this will make a huge difference in the fight against covid19 and parents, pediatricians and teachers are waiting for this. It is very needed and i think the data looks good and i m waiting for the fda and i hope they will thoroughly and aggressively review this data, so when it is time and appropriate, we can get shots in arms into our younger kids. Dr. Nguyen, this is a robust antibody response pfizer said and shows safety among the 2,000plus kids in the trial. It doesn t get into efficacy, 90% effective against prep venting infection. What do you want to see when you pore through this data? i agree this is exciting news. So many parents are waiting for ex
Remains of 22yearold gabby petito in northern wyoming. An autopsy to confirm her identity is scheduled. The cause of death still unknown. Sad developments there. There is a lot happening this morning. Kristen holmes has more on the vaccine news, trials for children. Kristen, tell us what the data shows here, because i know a lot of parents are watching. Good morning, jim and erica. We cannot stress what a big deal this is. It s something we ve been waiting for, the first vaccine data for this 5 to 11 age group that we ve seen yet. Now in addition to showing that the vaccine is safe, it also showed that it generated a robust immune response. The company says there were no instances of myocarditis, which is heart inflammation that has been linked to some mrna vaccines. All positive news here. While it has not been peer reviewed or published yet, this is the first step of getting these shots into children s arms and in fact, the fda, excuse me, pfizer says they are going to submit this da
A trillion plus dollar divide among democrats threatens to stop the biden domestic agenda dead in its tracks. New and sobering cnn pictures from the border. Thousandsofhaitian migrants made in a makeshift refugee camp under a bridge. The biden plan is to send them home. We begin though with the coronavirus and two giant developments. The white house today announcing it will lift covid travel restrictions and allow fully vaccinated international visitors into the united states starting in november. More on that big news in a moment. First though, welcome news for parents. This morning pfizer releasing trial results it says show its covid vaccine is safe and highly effective in children ages 5 to 11. Pfizer says it will now submit that data to the government and apply for emergency authorization by the end of the month. If that fda review goes smoothly some 28 million children could be eligible for vaccination by halloween or soon after. We re hopeful and expectant that the fda will appr
Approval for younger kids can t come soon enough. For elementary school aged kids, pfizer tested a much lower vaccine dose. A third of the amount that s in shots for teens and adults. But doctors say that low dose in kids produced the same strong levels of antibodies with fewer side effects. Pfizer says it plans to seek u. S. Authorization by the end of the month. And once it does, the data will have to be examined by the fda and the cdc. And the timing appears to be in line with what dr. Fauci said, his prediction of shots by late fall or early winter. So the company wanted to find a dose that would be very tolerable in the young kids while still providing adequate efficacy, efficacy on par with what we were seeing in older populations. Hopefully this dose strikes that balance. Fda will have to make the careful review. Assuming that the fda s review takes from four to six weeks, which is what they ve signaled, a vaccine for children could be available as soon as the end of october, pe
On. And it has been a methodical search, but things seemed to heat up overnight we heard news there was a travel blogger who had sent in a tip that they may have spotted the van that gabby petito and her boyfriend brian laundrie were in around the same time she was here in this county. But, the heartbreaking news is what we ve been so hopeful there would be different news, we spent the day with the stepfather of gabby, holding out hope. A short while ago we heard from charles jones with fbi, making the announcement, not the initial announcement official announcement of an idea but saying this. I would like to extend sincere, heartfelt condolences to gabby s family, our thoughts and prayers are with them, we ask you all respect the privacy as they mourn the loves their daughter. Full forensic identification has not been completed. Reporter: we ve been told here by the coroner it will take in time. We know once the coroner was called by dispatch. The search dogs which have been so active