Watch Live: Biden speaks on COVID-19 response as CDC panel considers Pfizer vaccine for youth
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Washington — President Biden on Wednesday will speak on the nation's response to the coronavirus pandemic and vaccination efforts in the U.S., shortly after a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advisory panel is expected to vote on the use of Pfizer's vaccine for children ages 12 to 15. The Food and Drug Administration authorized emergency use of the vaccine for young people on Monday.
While vaccinations in the U.S. climbed over the past months, daily rates are now beginning to slow, with more than 263 million vaccine doses administered and 58.5% of adults receiving at least one shot. As more Americans get their shots and the number of new cases declining, states have rolled back restrictions designed to mitigate the spread of the coronavirus.Billions of cicadas are emerging across about 16 states in the Southeast and Midwest. Periodical cicadas used to reliably emerge every 13 or 17 years, depending on their brood. But in a warming world where spring conditions arrive sooner, climate change is messing with the bugs' internal alarm clocks.
Senate Democrats to unveil package to protect IVF as party makes reproductive rights push this month
Washington — A group of Senate Democrats is set to unveil a new package to protect access to IVF on Monday, as the party makes a push around reproductive rights this month — two years after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade.