FDA advisers to vote on Moderna COVID-19 vaccine booster shots
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An outside panel of the Food and Drug Administration's vaccine experts is scheduled to vote Thursday afternoon on Moderna's request to roll out booster shots of its COVID-19 vaccine for adults vaccinated at least six months ago. The vote will follow a meeting expected to last several hours discussing the safety and the need for an additional dose.
Ashley White received her earliest combat action badge from the United States Army soon after the first lieutenant arrived in Afghanistan. The silver military award, recognizing soldiers who've been personally engaged by an attacker during conflict, was considered an achievement in and of itself as well as an affirming rite of passage for the newly deployed. White had earned it for using her own body to shield a group of civilian women and children from gunfire that broke out in the midst of her third mission in Kandahar province. All of them survived. She never mentioned the badge to anyone in her battalion.