November 17, 2021

The Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine is prepared for administration at a vaccination clinic for homeless people, hosted by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health and United Way on September 22, 2021 in Los Angeles, California. - Covid-related hospitalizations across Los Angeles County fell below 1,000 for the first time since late-July as a steady decline continues from a mid-August peak of nearly 1,800. (Photo by Frederic J. BROWN / AFP) (Photo by FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP via Getty Images)

Some ‘frustrated’ states don’t wait for FDA, expand Covid-19 vaccine booster eligibility to all adults

Published on November 17, 2021November 17, 2021

By Jacqueline Howard, Some states are not waiting. At least five so far, Arkansas, California, Colorado, New Mexico and West Virginia, have expanded eligibility for Covid-19 booster shots to everyone 18 and older, six months after their second dose, even though the US Food and Drug Administration hasn’t done so yet and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention hasn’t given its recommendation.

MEXICO CITY, MEXICO - JUNE 08: Vice President Kamala Harris speaks during a news conference at the on Tuesday, June 8, 2021. The Vice President is wrapping up her first international trip since taking office, visiting Guatemala and Mexico to discuss the root causes of migration from the Central American countries in what is known as the Northern Triangle Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala. (Kent Nishimura / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images)

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White House defends Harris as ‘key partner’ to Biden amid reports of dysfunction

Published on November 17, 2021

By Jasmine Wright and Kate Sullivan, The White House on Monday defended Vice President Kamala Harris as a “key partner” to President Joe Biden following CNN reporting that key West Wing aides are exasperated by what they see as entrenched dysfunction and lack of focus from Harris and her staff, while many in the vice president’s circle