US urges COVID boosters for everyone 12 and older
(AP) – The U.S. is urging that everyone 12 and older get a COVID-19 booster as soon as they’re eligible, to help fight back the hugely contagious omicron mutant that’s ripping through the country.
Boosters already were encouraged for all Americans 16 and older, but Wednesday the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention endorsed an extra Pfizer shot for younger teens — those 12 to 15 — and strengthened its recommendation that 16- and 17-year-olds get it, too.
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D20 parent pushes for more COVID mitigation measures
COLORADO SPRINGS — Many students are returning from winter break amid a surge in omicron cases. Some districts have reinstated the mask mandate while others have not.
This comes after Children’s Hospital Colorado said this week has had the most kids hospitalized with COVID-19 since the pandemic began. El Paso County is seeing a 25% increase in cases too.
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Trucker shares food with stranded drivers on I-95
(NewsNation Now) — A long-haul truck driver dipped into his own food supply to feed motorists stranded on Interstate 95 in Virginia gridlocked by a winter storm.
Heavy snowfall and plunging temperatures stranded hundreds of motorists along a stretch of one of the nation’s biggest interstate highways.
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