
Parents and pediatricians are growing impatient for a Covid-19 vaccine for younger children
CNN
Parents, doctors, and even President Joe Biden have voiced their concern about the growing number of children who are getting Covid-19. The American Academy of Pediatrics wrote a letter urging the FDA not to slow down a vaccine for younger kids.
Eager parents want to vaccinate young children, and they want to do it now -- but no vaccine is authorized for people younger than 12. There's a 2,000-person waiting list to get into Wiedermann's Covid-19 vaccine trial at Chlldren's National Hospital, where he's an infectious disease specialist.
Janet Mills and her allies are counting on a gender gap to narrow Platner’s wide lead ahead of the June 9 primary to decide who will face incumbent Republican Sen. Susan Collins. They are betting that the unfiltered style that has brought Platner widespread attention as someone who could help Democrats reach young men will backfire with women.

As a shrinking number of Transportation Security Administration agents work to keep hourslong security lines moving despite not being paid, President Donald Trump stepped into the fray Saturday, announcing he will send Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to airports by Monday if Congress doesn’t agree to a plan to end the partial government shutdown.











