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America to ease Covid travel entry rules will require vaccinations for foreign visitors

Published 21 September 2021

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By Shannon Pettypiece

The new system opens up air travel to vaccinated foreign nationals from dozens of countries for the first time since the early days of the pandemic.

Travelers walk through the departures hall in El Prat airport in Barcelona, Spain, on Aug. 2.Angel Garcia / Bloomberg via Getty Images file

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration will require all international travelers coming into the United States to be fully vaccinated and tested for Covid-19 under a new system that will open up air travel to vaccinated foreign nationals from dozens of countries for the first time since the early days of the pandemic.

Health, News, US/World

Low dose of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is safe and effective in children ages 5 to 11, companies’ study finds

Published 20 September, 2021

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By Carolyn Y. Johnson

Joy Harrison instructs second-graders in Oakland, Calif. Children as young as 5 years old may soon be eligible for a coronavirus vaccine. (Santiago Mejia/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)

A lower dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine — one-third the amount given to adults and teens — is safe and triggered a robust immune response in children as young as 5 years old, the drug companies announced in a news release Monday.

Crime/Justice, International news, News, US/World

Longtime New Mexico lawmaker focus of criminal investigation

Published 3 August 2021

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n this March 20, 2021, file photo, House Majority Floor Leader Sheryl Williams Stapleton speaks following the end of New Mexico's annual legislative session in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

In this March 20, 2021, file photo, House Majority Floor Leader Sheryl Williams Stapleton speaks following the end of New Mexico’s annual legislative session in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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FBI investigating Nigeria’s ‘super cop’ in Instagram influencer HushPuppi fraud case

Published 1 August 2021

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By Stephanie Busari and Nimi Princewill, CNN

Abuja, Nigeria(CNN)A high-ranking Nigerian police officer is being investigated by the FBI for allegedly making an arrest at the request of Instagram influencer Ramon Abbas, who has pleaded guilty to money laundering, according to the US Justice Department.

Health, News, US/World

Study Finds Pfizer And AstraZeneca Vaccines Effective Against The Delta Variant — As Long As You Get Both Doses

Published 23 July, 2020

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Carlie PorterfieldForbes Staff

Both the Pfizer and AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccines work well at preventing symptomatic cases of the delta coronavirus variant—which became the dominant strain in the U.S. this month—but the vaccines’ effectiveness drops significantly in patients who only have one of the two doses, according to a new study.