CVS, Walgreens, Albertsons now offering second COVID-19 booster shots
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Several drugstore chains across the U.S. now say they are offering second COVID-19 booster shots to eligible individuals, after U.S. health officials authorized a double dose of Pfizer's and Moderna's boosters for people 50 and older.
Covid-19 case numbers are rising again in 13 U.S. states as the BA.2 subvariant of Omicron takes hold, leading health experts to recommend an additional dose for older or immune-compromised individuals.
Walgreens on Wednesday announced it would make second Pfizer and Moderna booster shots available to eligible individuals, including adults aged 50 and up as well as "certain immunocompromised individuals," after both the Food and Drug Administration and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention cleared a supplementary booster.
Authorities made two gruesome discoveries Tuesday after a Missouri woman walked into a police station and told officers that she fatally shot one of her children and drowned the other, officials said. Jefferson County Sheriff Dave Marshak said at a news conference that authorities believe both children were killed Tuesday morning.
Strong storms with damaging winds and baseball-sized hail pummeled Texas on Tuesday, leaving more than one million businesses and homes without power as much of the U.S. recovered from severe weather, including tornadoes, that killed at least 24 people in seven states during the Memorial Day holiday weekend.