FDA clears updated COVID-19 vaccines ahead of fall booster campaign
The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday authorized updated COVID-19 booster shots specifically targeting a subvariant of omicron. The move comes ahead of a fall campaign to give Americans booster shots, which is expected to launch in the coming days. The move marks the first time the vaccines have been updated since the first shots were cleared at the end of 2020, and the updated shots are designed to catch up to evolutions in the virus. The shots from Pfizer and Moderna target the omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5, as well as the original virus.
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Americans' confidence in the economy has improved compared to July, but the public still evaluates the economy negatively, according to a new Gallup poll. Gallup’s economic confidence index improved from -51 in July to -39 in August, returning to the levels seen in March in April. The index measures Americans’ evaluations of current economic conditions and whether the economy is improving or worsening on a theoretical scale of +100 to -100. Sixteen percent of U.S. ad
Read MoreA better strategy than handouts to reduce student loan debt
The student loan program now has more than $1.75 trillion in outstanding debt. Biden’s plan to grant partial “forgiveness” on loan repayments to families with incomes as high as $250,000 is simply a Robin Hood-i
Read MoreBiden’s anti-MAGA midterm message takes shape
President Biden’s midterm message is taking shape around framing November’s elections as a “continued battle for the soul of the nation,” echoing a similar notion that propelled him to the White House in 2020. But this time, Biden is further sharpening his attacks on former President Trump and the MAGA wing of the Republican Party, with some in the GOP already demanding an apology for labeling the former president’s political movement as “semi-fascism.” In a speech in Philadelphia on Thursday, his second visit this week to his home state of Pennsylvania, Biden will
Read MoreThe IRS will be more like the NSA after Biden’s changes
President Biden and the Democrats are setting up the IRS as the next three-letter intelligence agency, with the rapid expansion of the service’s power and payroll. Changes resulting from the improperly-named Inflation Reduction Act have positioned the Internal Revenue Service as a potent political weapon — one that Democrats may not be the only ones to wield. The
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