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The Food and Drug Administration on Monday cleared Pfizer-BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine for adolescents 12 to 15 years old, enabling millions of more Americans to get the two-shot regimen.
âWe hope to help bring a sense of normalcy back to young peopleâ: Pfizer vaccine authorized for adolescents 12-15 years old
By Jonathan Saltzman and Robert Weisman Globe Staff,Updated May 10, 2021, 7:45 p.m.
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The Food and Drug Administration on
Monday cleared Pfizer-BioNTechâs coronavirus vaccine for adolescents 12 to 15 years old, enabling millions of more Americans to get the two-shot regimen.
Five months after the agency authorized Pfizerâs vaccine for emergency use in people 16 and older, Acting FDA Commissioner Janet Woodcock said the expansion represented a major advance in the fight against the virus.
âTodayâs action allows for a younger population to be protected from COVID-19, bringing us closer to returning to a sense of normalcy and to ending the pandemic,â she said. âParents and guardians can rest assured that the agency undertook a rigorous and thorough review of all available data, as we have with all of our
Pop-up sites and door-knocking are new tactics in the quest to reach the unvaccinated
Stateâs vaccine strategy goes hyper-local in latest phase of rollout
By Robert Weisman Globe Staff,Updated May 9, 2021, 4:58 p.m.
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Now itâs all about the ground game.
With more than 2.7 million Massachusetts residents fully vaccinated and the pace of COVID-19 shots slowing markedly,
state officials are stepping up efforts to reach the holdouts.
No longer is the stateâs campaign focused on moving thousands through mass vaccination sites such as Gillette Stadium, which is slated to close next month.
Instead, the scene is shifting to smaller venues like American Veterans Hall in Haverhill, where at times last Thursday there were more vaccinators and support staff than people seeking shots. Kenyan-born Teresia Wanjihia was able to walk in, register, and get injected within minutes.
Women edged out of workforce eye promise of Biden stimulus package
By Stephanie Ebbert and Katie Johnston Globe Staff,Updated February 3, 2021, 8:57 a.m.
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Jessica posed for a portrait with her daughter at their home. She is hopeful of returning to work after the pandemic.Craig F. Walker/Globe Staff
President Bidenâs sweeping stimulus proposal, his most ambitious plan to turn the country around, puts an extraordinary focus on getting women back to work, acknowledging the disproportionate impact the pandemic has had on working mothers.
COVID-19 targeted the industries where women dominated â travel, leisure, hospitality, service. At the same time, it kept children home from schools and child-care centers, forcing parents â often mothers â to multitask. By the end of 2020, 4.3