Pfizer completes application to FDA for vaccine for children under 5
Pfizer said on Wednesday that is has completed its emergency use application to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to administer its COVID-19 vaccine to children under the age of 5. Pfizer said in a statement that its application for the vaccine, developed with BioNTech, “includes safety, immunogenicity and efficacy data” from previous clinical research on young children who received a third dose at least two months after their second shot. The FDA’s vaccine advisory committee is slated to meet on June 15 to look at expanding the Pfizer-BioNTech emergency use authori
Read MoreBill Barr after Sussmann acquittal: Durham 'did an exceptionally able job'
Former Attorney General Bill Barr defended special counsel John Durham after a federal jury acquitted prominent Democratic attorney Michael Sussman, saying that despite the failure of his flagship prosecution Durham “did an exceptionally able job.” Fox News host Jesse Watters asked Barr in an interview on Wednesday if he was disappointed in Durham or if he felt “any way responsible for how this Durham situation’s unfolding,” as he appointed the special prosecutor. “No, I'm very proud of John Durham, a
Read MorePolice on Tulsa shooting: Officers arrived within 4 minutes, shooter killed himself
Police said the mass shooter who opened fire at a hospital building in Tulsa, Okla., on Wednesday afternoon killed four people before committing suicide, in an incident that lasted about five minutes. Eric Dalgleish, the deputy chief of the Tulsa Police Department, said at a news briefing Wednesday evening that police were alerted to an active shooter armed with a rifle inside the upper floor of the Natalie Building at St. Francis Hospital around 4:52 p.m. Officers arrived within four minutes and heard shots from the second floor, where they found four victims dead fro
Read MoreMurphy says 'growing momentum' on gun violence legislation after latest meeting of bipartisan group
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) said on Wednesday there is “growing momentum” on gun violence legislation after another bipartisan senators meeting on the matter was held earlier that day. “Today a group of eight bipartisan Senators met to continue negotiations on a gun violence bill that can get a broad, bipartisan vote in the Senate. This follows a similar meeting yesterday,” he tweeted. “There is growing momentum to get something done and we agreed on a plan to keep working.” Murphy's office did no
Read MoreNobel-winning Russia journalist to auction off prize to support Ukrainian children
Russian journalist Dmitry Muratov has announced that he plans to auction off the money he won from his Nobel Peace Prize in an effort to support displaced Ukrainian children amid Russia’s ongoing invasion of the country. Muratov, who was the editor of the now-suspended news publication Novaya Gazeta, said that the $500,000 prize money will be used to support various charitable foundations, The New York Times reported. Muratov’s Nobel Peace model
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