​​Pfizer and BioNTech will soon ask the FDA to authorize the use of their vaccines for children over the age of 5. The New York Times reported that company officials will be giving data from vaccine trials to the FDA in the coming weeks and will ask that the emergency use authorization be expanded to include this age group.
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Updated on September 10, 2021 at 1:00 p.m. PDT
  • ​​Pfizer and BioNTech will soon ask the FDA to authorize the use of their vaccines for children over the age of 5. The New York Times reported that company officials will be giving data from vaccine trials to the FDA in the coming weeks and will ask that the emergency use authorization be expanded to include this age group.
  • President Biden’s plan to fight COVID-19 has been released online amid criticism from conservative lawmakers. Some have said that they will go to court to challenge new rules that affect private businesses.
  • In states across the South and Midwest, hospitals are once again overwhelmed with COVID-19 patients, most of them unvaccinated. Texas is reporting the highest number of deaths since the pandemic began, according to WABC News.
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