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Pfizer says its vaccine is 100% effective in adolescents
Children as young as 12 could start receiving the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine as soon as Thursday if a CDC advisory panel gives the green light. Janet Shamlian shares more.
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Children as young as 12 could start receiving the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine as soon as Thursday if a CDC advisory panel gives the green light. Janet Shamlian shares more.
The drugmaker is also conducting clinical trials on their vaccine for babies aged 6 months and older.
Every 10 years, NOAA releases updated temperature and rainfall averages based on thousands of weather stations from across the country. Meteorologist and climate specialist Jeff Berardelli joins "CBS This Morning: Saturday" to explain why the latest normals are anything but normal.
The spacecraft is returning from the asteroid Bennu, and it marks NASA's first-ever asteroid sample return mission.
California Governor Gavin Newsom on Monday expanded a drought emergency to a large swath of the nation's most populous state while seeking more than $6 billion in multiyear water spending as one of the warmest, driest springs on record threatens another severe wildfire season across the American West. CBS Los Angeles reports.
The flight will be the second fully commercial launch of civilians to low-Earth orbit and the first to the International Space Station.
The FDA has approved Pfizer's coronavirus vaccine for kids ages 12 to 15. As CBS News' Meg Oliver reports, the CDC will need to endorse this decision before shots can be administered. Then, Dr. Jessica Shepherd, the chief medical officer at Verywell Health, joins CBSN's Elaine Quijano to discuss the latest.
Dr. Jon LaPook explains how parents should determine whether their children should get Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine and how soon they can get it.
The FDA authorized Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine to be used in children ages 12 to 15. But some parents are still hesitant to vaccinate their children. Meg Oliver takes a look.
States across the country are lifting COVID-19 restrictions as more than half of adults in the U.S. have had at least one vaccine shot. Dr. Eric Cioe-Peña, the director of global health and an emergency room physician at Northwell Health, joins CBSN's Tanya Rivero to discuss the latest on the pandemic.