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Two long-acting antibodies — tixagevimab mixed with cilgavimab — reduced the risk of developing symptomatic COVID by 77% in a phase 3 trial of adults at high risk of contracting the virus.

A recent study of coccidioidomycosis provides insight into the epidemiology, clinical characteristics, and outcomes of this infection.

Accountable. >> reporter: less than a quarter ofmericans still havent gotten a first shot. the confusion is mounting over who should get a third. the fda authorized the pfizer booster for emergency use for certain americans. in charleston, kitty got her booster, moderna, which the fda said can be offered to the immunocompromised. do you think this rollout of the boosters has been a little confusing? >> extremely confusing. the fact that when we came in this morning and they said, "you cant have ...

The fda said can be offered to the immunocompromised. do you think this whole rollout of the boosters has been a little confusing? >> extremely confusing. in fact, when we came in this morning, and they said you cant have the moderna because its not yet been approveds has the pfizer, a little bit vexed and thought, well, we wasted a trip down here. but then, when we said we were immunocompromised, they said we could have the shot. >> and as i reported last night for the associated press, the pfi...

Nowhere has the debate over the future of the pandemic been so heated as in schools where parents and administrators clashed over mask mandates and bus driver shortages and vaccine requirements new york city announced overnight that teachers and staff would have until the end of the week to get vaccinated after a federal appeals court green lighted the mandate. >> i think they should get vaccinated our kids are in there. they have to be held accountable. >> reporter: less than a quarter of ameri...

This is an individual decision, i have a 9-year-old, john, he cant be vaccinated yet. we want to reduce the number of people who can get this and get seriously ill so the virus doesnt continue to mutate in ways that could endanger people, whether the immunocompromised or the young who cant get it. it is not just an individual decision. sit a public health, societal good decision. i feel thats the message we need to push. it is not just about you. it is about all of us. . >> and lebron james, if ...

Only those who are immunocompromised, not those 65 and older as of yet. although discussions are on the way. i want to show whats behind me. this tent is being set up outside the hospital to administer monoclonal antibodies i want my colleague, paul rigby to show you here, inside this tent -- now, we should point out, there are no patients in there right now. theyre expected here this afternoon. but this is one of the ways that this hospital, jose, is trying to limit the patient load. we were ju...

>> reporter: americans are lining up to get the pfizer booster shot after c.d.c. cleared the way friday for millions or those at high risk to get a dose. 340,000 have been administered since then including those who are immunocompromised. even the president rolled up his sleeve and while receiving his third dose addressed nearly a quarter of americans who are yet to get their first. >> boosters are important but the most important thing we need to do is get more people vaccinated. >> this as tho...

But restore, renew, and replenish it. so we can all live better tomorrow. ♪ in just about 30 minutes, president biden will speak about the pandemic response as the cdc director gave the green light for a broader group of vaccinated americans to get a booster shot. >> dr. rochelle walensky recommending that third shot of pfizer for adults who are 65 and older and immunocompromised and as well as people who are at increased risk for catching the virus. for example, those who work on the front ...

Overall message, wanting to make sure people know and have clarity, because really this process has been bogged down by some confusion in recent weeks. remember, it was originally monday, september 20th, the president had promisd third doses for all adults. thats what he thought the target date was going to be. and the cdc and fda panels had really only approved that for a subset of americans. thats what youre seeing today in terms of the elderly, the immunocompromised, and now those who might b...