US media seize on Pfizer vaccine authorization for children to fully reopen schools
On Monday, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted emergency use authorization (EUA) to the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for 12- to 15-year-olds in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is expected soon to grant similar authorization, which would allow vaccinations for this age group to begin immediately. President Joe Biden recently stated that roughly 20,000 pharmacies are prepared to administer the vaccine to adolescents.
The authorization follows the release of initial results from an ongoing clinical trial by Pfizer-BioNTech, which involves 2,260 participants ages 12-15. The results found 18 cases of symptomatic coronavirus infections in the placebo group and none among the group that received the vaccine. On this basis, the companies have claimed that the vaccine is 100 percent effective in preventing COVID-19. Side effects from the vaccine were com
AFT calling for the resignation of CCISD board member John Longoria
AFT calling for the resignation of CCISD board member John Longoria
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CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas â Corpus Christi Independent School District board member John Longoria expressed his thoughts in CCISDâs recent board meeting after the subject of math scores was presented, and members of the American Federation of Teachers are not pleased with his statements.
Members of the AFT found his comments alarming and are now calling for a resignation.
âThereâs a large amount of homework that gets sent home in math, 15 problems, my question to the teacher, what are you doing in the classroom?,â asked Longoria.
The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday defended the agency against accusations that federal scientists were being too slow to update their pandemic-control guidance and overly conservative with their recommendations, especially on outdoor mask wearing.
Joe Biden Must Forgive Student Loan Debt
Democrats and higher education advocacy groups have urged the White House to swiftly pass a student loan cancellation bill to alleviate a massive financial burden for borrowers who may be struggling from the economic crisis triggered by the coronavirus pandemic.
Here s What You Need to Remember: Cancelling student debt would disproportionately help borrowers of color, respond to the coronavirus crisis, and provide much needed economic relief and stimulus.
Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) renewed her student loan forgiveness efforts this week, arguing that she and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), another leader in the cancellation fight, “are pushing hard to try to get it done.”
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In this file photo from Nov. 19, 2019, the dome of the Pennsylvania Capitol is visible through the trees in Harrisburg, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)
The richest man in Pennsylvania is poised to spend millions of dollars influencing upcoming elections all while trying to keep his name away from the political spotlight.
Montgomery County billionaire Jeff Yass, a professional gambler turned powerful Wall Street trader, has long been a major donor to conservative causes in Pennsylvania. He’s particularly well known for putting tens of millions of dollars into the commonwealth’s school choice movement.
With Pennsylvania gearing up to redraw its congressional districts, choose a new Supreme Court justice in the fall, and elect a U.S. Senator and a governor next year along with a slew of congressional and state House and Senate races Yass has poured $10.5 million of his own money into his political action committee, Students First, over the past six months, before trans