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The event has drawn marksmen and women since 1907.

BY ASHLEY BRUGNONE, CMP STAFF WRITER

The event has drawn marksmen and women since 1907.

The Civilian Marksmanship Program (CMP) is excited to announce the 2022 First Shot Ceremony, set to take place Tuesday, July 12, at the Camp Perry National Guard Training Facility near Port Clinton. 

The White House said parents may now book a COVID-19 vaccine jab for their kids under 5 years old as the first vaccination has been underway since Monday, June 20.

After years of failure, the Maryland company aims to attract the vaccine-hesitant with an alternative to mRNA shots. But will it find a market?

If it the FDA authorizes Novavax's COVID-19 vaccine, the Maryland-based company would target unvaccinated Americans and people who would benefit from boosters but have avoided the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines because of health concerns or conspiracy theories about their dangers.

Although the U.S. commitment eventually expanded to $1.8 billion, hardly any Novavax shots have found arms due to manufacturing issues, and most of the world has moved on.

Novavax hitched its wagon to the global coronavirus pandemic. Before most Americans truly grasped the scope of the danger, the small Maryland biotech startup had secured $1.6 billion in U.S. funding for its covid vaccine. Its moonshot goal: delivering 2 billion shots to the world by mid-2021.

After years of failure, Maryland-based Novavax aims to attract the vaccine-hesitant with an alternative to mRNA shots. But will it find a market?