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CDC endorses new boosters

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday endorsed updated COIVD-19 boosters, opening the way for a fall vaccination campaign that could blunt a winter surge if enough Americans roll up their sleeves. The new boosters targeting today’s most common omicron strains should begin arriving in pharmacies and clinics within days. The decision by CDC Director Rochelle Walensky came shortly after the agency’s advisers voted in favor of the recommendation. The shots “can help restore protection that has waned since previous vaccination and were designed to provide ...

US clears updated COVID boosters targeting variants

WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. on Wednesday authorized its first update to COVID-19 vaccines, booster doses that target today’s most common omicron strain. Shots could begin within days. The move by the Food and Drug Administration tweaks the recipe of shots made by Pfizer and rival Moderna that already have saved millions of lives. The hope is that the modified boosters will blunt yet another winter surge — and help tamp down the BA.5 omicron relative that continues to spread widely. “These updated boosters present us with an opportunity to get ahead" of the next COVID-19 wave, ...

Iron County continues to show spike in COVID virus cases

Local data Thursday showed COVID-19 activity remains high in Iron County with 62 new confirmed positives since Aug. 18, while Dickinson County had 41 new cases in the week’s span. It was the second straight week that Iron County has topped 60 new coronavirus cases. Dickinson County also ...

Smoking marijuana hangs over Whitmer kidnap plot second trial

There is no dispute about some evidence in the trial of two men accused of eagerly wanting to kidnap Michigan’s governor: They enjoyed getting high. From start to finish, the jury repeatedly has heard about marijuana in the case of Adam Fox and Barry Croft Jr., who are charged with ...

Local data: Dickinson has new virus death

Local data Thursday showed a rise in area COVID-19 activity from the previous week, with 61 new confirmed positives in Iron County and 57 in Dickinson County, along with another death blamed on the coronavirus. Dickinson County also had 40 probable coronavirus positives but Iron County only ...

RFK Jr.’s anti-vaccine group kicked off Instagram, Facebook

Instagram and Facebook suspended Children's Health Defense this week after the anti-vaccine group led by Robert Kennedy Jr. repeatedly violated rules prohibiting misinformation about COVID-19. A nonprofit, Children's Health Defense is one of the most influential anti-vaccine organizations active on social media, where it has spread misleading claims about vaccines and other public health measures designed to control the pandemic. In a statement, Kennedy compared Facebook's actions to government censorship, even though Facebook is a private company that can set and enforce its own rules ...