The panel of outside experts vote unanimously that the benefits of Moderna’s shots outweigh any risks for children under 5 – that’s roughly 18 million youngsters.
Carol Semple
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Floods leave Yellowstone landscape ‘dramatically changed’
In just days, heavy rain and rapid snowmelt caused a dramatic flood that may forever alter the human footprint on the park’s terrain and the communities that have grown around it.
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Fed attacks inflation with its largest interest rate hike since 1994
The move the Federal Reserve announced on Wednesday will increase its benchmark short-term rate, which affects many consumer and business loans, to a range of 1.5% to 1.75%.
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FDA advisers consider Moderna’s COVID shots for older kids
If the advisory panel endorses the shot and the FDA agrees, it would become the second option for those children, joining Pfizer’s vaccine.
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Stocks dip deeper into bear market ahead of big Fed news
Trading across markets nevertheless was calmer than during Monday’s worldwide rout, which sent the S&P 500 down 3.9%.
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Russians cut off escape routes as they control 80% of key Ukraine city
About 12,000 people remain in Sievierodonetsk, from a pre-war population of 100,000.
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Tentative Senate gun deal has surprises, and loose ends
The plan reflects election-year pressure to act, which both parties feel after mass shootings in May killed 10 people in Buffalo, New York, and 21 more in Uvalde, Texas.
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The battle of Donbas could prove decisive in Ukraine war
With the conflict now in its 4th month, it’s a high-stakes campaign that could dictate the course of the entire war.
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Police investigating killings of 12,000 Ukrainians in war
The national police chief told the Interfax-Ukraine news agency on Monday that criminal investigations into the deaths of more than 12,000 Ukrainians included some found in mass graves.
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Some 20 million watch prime-time hearing of House Jan. 6 panel
That number does not include those watching online or on PBS, and compares to about 11 million viewers who watched the opening day of each of the Trump impeachment trials.