FDA panel recommends limiting Pfizer booster shots to Americans 65 and older, and those at high risk of severe COVID-19

Art Shotwell 5 minutes read
Although the vote is not binding, it is likely that it will form the basis of a formal FDA recommendation.

Scientists Examine Kids’ Unique Immune Systems as More Fall Victim to Covid

10 minutes read
Doctors are trying to figure out why some kids become much sicker than others and, in rare cases, don’t survive.

Forceful vaccine messages backfire with holdouts – how can it be done better?

Art Shotwell 7 minutes read
With the FDA approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine and the continued surge of the delta variant, governments across the world have renewed their push to increase the number of vaccinated individuals by persuading the holdouts.

Census: Insured Population Holds Steady, With a Slight Shift From Private to Public Coverage

5 minutes read
Despite a pandemic-fueled recession, the number of uninsured Americans has increased only slightly since 2018, according to Census Bureau health insurance data released Tuesday.

Police Blotter, September 4 - 9, 2021

Anacortes Police 6 minutes read
Police came close to interrupting what looked like a drug deal after responding to a caller.

Jim Crow tactics reborn in Texas abortion law, deputizing citizens to enforce legally suspect provisions

Art Shotwell 5 minutes read
The new Texas law that bans most abortions uses a method employed by Texas and other states to enforce racist Jim Crow laws in the 19th and 20th centuries that aimed to disenfranchise African Americans.