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By Carl O'Donnell and Michael Erman (Reuters) - The United States rushed millions of COVID-19 vaccine doses for children ages 5 to 11 across the natio...

At the current pace, fewer than half of U.S. children ages 5 to 11 are expected to be fully vaccinated in the coming months, state officials told Reuters. Some states, including Mississippi, said thousands of vaccine doses are sitting idle.

At the current pace, fewer than half of U.S. children ages 5 to 11 are expected to be fully vaccinated in the coming months, state officials told Reuters. Some states, including Mississippi, said thousands of vaccine doses are sitting idle.

At the current pace, fewer than half of U.S. children ages 5 to 11 are expected to be fully vaccinated in the coming months, state officials told Reuters. Some states, including Mississippi, said thousands of vaccine doses are sitting idle.

The Omicron variant of the coronavirus can partially evade the protection from two doses of Pfizer Inc and partner BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine, the research head of a laboratory at the Africa Health Research Institute in South Africa said on Tuesday.

By Ahmed Aboulenein and Michael Erman

Arrival of the highly-mutated Omicron variant is a wake-up call to develop vaccines less susceptible to the rapid changes of the coronavirus, leading virologists and immunologists told Reuters.

HEALTH-CORONAVIRUS/PFIZER-VARIANT (UPDATE 6, PIX):UPDATE 6-Studies suggest Pfizer shot may protect only partially against Omicron

By Julie Steenhuysen (Reuters) - Arrival of the highly-mutated Omicron variant is a wake-up call to develop vaccines less susceptible to the rapid cha...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Americans are lining up for booster doses of COVID-19 vaccines at a record pace, with c...