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The US moved a step closer Wednesday to offering booster doses of Pfizers Covid-19 vaccine to senior citizens and others at high risk from the virus as the Food and Drug Administration signed off on the targeted use of the extra shots. The FDA decision Wednesday was expected after the agencys own panel of advisers last week overwhelmingly rejected the Biden plan. AFP The FDA authorized booster doses for Americans who are 65 and older, younger people with underlying health conditions and those in jobs that put them at high-risk for Covid-19. The ruling represents a drastically scaled back version of the Biden administrations sweeping plan t stanley spain o give third doses to nearly all American adults to shore up their protection stanley cup amid the spread of the highly contagious delta variant. However, more regulatory hurdles lie ahead before the dispensing of boosters can begin. Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention opened a two-day meeting Wednesday to make their own, more specific recommendations about who should get the extra shots and when. And in their first day of di stanley cup scussions, some experts were so perplexed by the questions surrounding the rationale for boosters that they suggested putting off a decision for a month in hopes of more evidence. The uncertainties were yet another reminder that the science surrounding boosters is more complicated than the Biden administration suggested when the president and his top aides rolled out their plan at the White House Qeho Donald Trump got unusual payments from Vegas hotel in 2016: NYT Report
A Japanese tug boat lost propulsion an stanley cup d drifted into a US Navy guided-missile destroyer during a towing exercise Saturday, the Navy said. In this Aug. 8, 2016, file photo, the guided missile destroyer USS Benfold arrives at port in Qingdao, China. AP The USS Benfold sustained minimal damage, including scrapes on its side, the Navy said in a statement. No one was injured on either vessel. The commercial tug boat was being towed to a port in Yokosuka, stanley bottle the home of the Navys Japan-based 7th Fleet. The collision occurred in Sagami Bay, which is southwest of Tokyo. The Navy said the Benfold remained at sea under its own power, and that the incident would be investigated. The 7th Fleet has had two fatal accidents in Asian waters this year, leaving 17 sailors dead and stanley cup prompting the dismissal of eight top Navy officers, including the 7th Fleet commander. The USS John S McCain and an oil tanker collided near Singapore in August, leaving 10 US sailors dead. Seven sailors died in June when the USS Fitzgerald and a container ship collided off Japan. The Navy has concluded that the collisions were avoidable and resulted from widespread failures by the crews and commanders, who didnt quickly recognize and respond to unfolding emergencies. A Navy report recommended numerous changes to address the problems, ranging from improved training to increasing sleep and stress management for sailors. Read breaking news, latest... See more Read breaking news, latest updates fr
The US moved a step closer Wednesday to offering booster doses of Pfizers Covid-19 vaccine to senior citizens and others at high risk from the virus as the Food and Drug Administration signed off on the targeted use of the extra shots. The FDA decision Wednesday was expected after the agencys own panel of advisers last week overwhelmingly rejected the Biden plan. AFP The FDA authorized booster doses for Americans who are 65 and older, younger people with underlying health conditions and those in jobs that put them at high-risk for Covid-19. The ruling represents a drastically scaled back version of the Biden administrations sweeping plan t stanley spain o give third doses to nearly all American adults to shore up their protection stanley cup amid the spread of the highly contagious delta variant. However, more regulatory hurdles lie ahead before the dispensing of boosters can begin. Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention opened a two-day meeting Wednesday to make their own, more specific recommendations about who should get the extra shots and when. And in their first day of di stanley cup scussions, some experts were so perplexed by the questions surrounding the rationale for boosters that they suggested putting off a decision for a month in hopes of more evidence. The uncertainties were yet another reminder that the science surrounding boosters is more complicated than the Biden administration suggested when the president and his top aides rolled out their plan at the White House Qeho Donald Trump got unusual payments from Vegas hotel in 2016: NYT Report
A Japanese tug boat lost propulsion an stanley cup d drifted into a US Navy guided-missile destroyer during a towing exercise Saturday, the Navy said. In this Aug. 8, 2016, file photo, the guided missile destroyer USS Benfold arrives at port in Qingdao, China. AP The USS Benfold sustained minimal damage, including scrapes on its side, the Navy said in a statement. No one was injured on either vessel. The commercial tug boat was being towed to a port in Yokosuka, stanley bottle the home of the Navys Japan-based 7th Fleet. The collision occurred in Sagami Bay, which is southwest of Tokyo. The Navy said the Benfold remained at sea under its own power, and that the incident would be investigated. The 7th Fleet has had two fatal accidents in Asian waters this year, leaving 17 sailors dead and stanley cup prompting the dismissal of eight top Navy officers, including the 7th Fleet commander. The USS John S McCain and an oil tanker collided near Singapore in August, leaving 10 US sailors dead. Seven sailors died in June when the USS Fitzgerald and a container ship collided off Japan. The Navy has concluded that the collisions were avoidable and resulted from widespread failures by the crews and commanders, who didnt quickly recognize and respond to unfolding emergencies. A Navy report recommended numerous changes to address the problems, ranging from improved training to increasing sleep and stress management for sailors. Read breaking news, latest... See more Read breaking news, latest updates fr
