Coronavirus Updates: FDA Considering Half Dose of Moderna Vaccine As Booster

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NEW YORK (WABC) – The United States Food and Drug Administration is reviewing authorization of half-dose booster injections of the coronavirus vaccine Moderna Inc., convinced that it is effective in enhancing protection, have declared people familiar with the matter.

The clearance would set the stage for further expanding the recall campaign in the United States following the previous clearance of the Pfizer Inc.-BioNTech SE shot.

In the United States, approximately 170 million fully vaccinated people have received Moderna or Pfizer injections, or 92% of the total vaccinated so far.

The people spoke on condition of anonymity, ahead of a possible announcement. It is not known when an announcement will come.

Here are other COVID-19 headlines today:

YouTube removes 130,000 videos violating COVID-19 vaccination policies
YouTube is wiping vaccine misinformation and conspiracy theories from its popular video-sharing platform.

The ban on vaccine misinformation, announced in a blog post on Wednesday, comes as countries around the world continue to offer free COVID-19 vaccines to a somewhat hesitant audience.

COVID-19 prevented her family from attending her wedding, so she got married at the Canadian border
When COVID-19 restrictions made it difficult for a Canadian bride to have her family at her wedding in the United States, she did the next best thing: she brought her wedding to the border.

Karen Mahoney and her new husband Brian Ray told CNN they met 35 years ago for the love of skiing, and when they finally got engaged in March, ski instructors didn’t want to wait to see each other. marry. But Mahoney said there was really only one thing that mattered to her: having her parents and 96-year-old grandmother at the wedding.

The United States has been limiting non-essential travel to land crossings with Canada since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic and extending those restrictions on a monthly basis. Air travel between countries is possible, but even though her family is vaccinated, Mahoney said, she felt it put them at greater risk, especially given her grandmother’s age.

Mahoney said the couple had a friend who worked for the Border Patrol who had arranged to meet with his family at the previously closed border, including when Ray asked his father, Paul, for his hand in marriage. So they asked the friend to help them get it working again.

NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar calls for unvaccinated players to be removed from squads
If NBA players aren’t vaccinated, they shouldn’t be on the squad, Basketball Hall of Fame member Kareem Abdul-Jabbar told Rolling Stone.

“The NBA should insist that all players and staff be vaccinated or remove them from the squad,” Abdul-Jabbar said.

Abdul-Jabbar expanded on this point during an interview with Don Lemon Tonight on Monday, saying, “I don’t think they behave like good teammates or good citizens. It’s a war we’re involved in. . And masks and vaccines – these are the weapons we are using to wage this war. “

Abdul-Jabbar has been a strong advocate for obtaining the COVID-19 vaccine. The great NBA player received his shot on camera and appeared in an NBA public service announcement encouraging others to get the shot.

NYC establishing a permanent public health body
Using staff from the city’s Health + Hospitals Test and Trace Corps, New York City is establishing a new permanent public health awareness agency, Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Wednesday. The new agency will be called NYC Public Health Corps. Created to trace exposures to coronaviruses, the Test and Trace Corps – which will number 500 by December and just completed its millionth tracing contact – will now be a permanent function of the city. “The new Public Health Corps announced today will build on the hard work already being done in our communities to fight this pandemic and prepare for future emergencies,” said New York Health Commissioner Dr David Chokshi .

NY healthcare COVID vaccine faces legal challenge
New York’s vaccine mandate faces another challenge in court on Wednesday. This comes just days before the tenure of New York City school employees takes effect. Long Island nurses who say their religious freedoms are compromised by this vaccination mandate will appeal to a panel of three judges Wednesday morning in Lower Manhattan.

Pfizer submits initial data to the FDA on its COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 5 to 11
Pfizer and BioNTech said on Tuesday they submitted Covid-19 vaccine data on children aged 5 to 11 to the United States Food and Drug Administration for initial review, but are not yet seeking authorization for use. emergency.

An official submission to apply for the EUA for the vaccine is expected to follow in the coming weeks, the companies said in a statement. Submissions to the European Medicines Agency and other regulatory authorities are also planned, they said.

NYC vax tenure worked, mayor says
The latest statistics show New York City’s immunization mandate is working, Mayor Bill de Blasio said on Tuesday. City data shows a 45% increase in daily vaccination rates since the city’s requirement launched in July. To date, about 70% of New Yorkers have received at least one dose of the COVID vaccine.

Employees sue United Airlines for COVID vaccination warrant
United Airlines faces two separate lawsuits over its COVID-19 vaccine mandate. One of the two lawsuits was filed in US District Court in Fort Worth, Texas. In this lawsuit, the employee alleges that his religious exemption was not respected.

Last week, before the mandate went into effect, six employees asked a federal judge to block the vaccination requirement.

The employees, including two pilots and a flight attendant, accuse the airline of a “pattern of discrimination against employees who have requested religious or medical accommodations.” They say the airline’s approach of putting exempt employees on indefinite leave means “they would effectively be fired.”

In response to the lawsuit, the airline said it would “vigorously defend its policy.”

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