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Pfizer released data on Friday showing that its vaccine had a 90.7% effectiveness rate in preventing symptomatic Covid19 in a clinical study involving children aged 5 to 11.  The company submitted the information to the Food and Drug Administration, which was due to release its analysis of the data later today.  The children in the study received a dose of 10 micrograms, which was lower than the dose of 30 micrograms given to adults.  The company said the dosage was safe and the study participants saw only mild side effects.  The company released the data ahead of a meeting next week where F's expert advisers will decide whether to recommend the agency to authorize the vaccine for children in this age group.   have alFederal regulators ready made the vaccine available for ages 12 and older. If F.clears the vaccine for children ages 5 to 11 - a move that could help protect more than 28 million people in the United States - the Centers for Disease Control and...

Mitch McConnell's whole being is and always has been focused on winning the election. Every move he makes and everything he says is part of a larger effort to make sure his team ends up with more seats and therefore more control than the other guys.  And, on Tuesday, McConnell made it clear that he believes former President Donald Trump's continued focus on the 2020 election is downright damaging to the GOP's chances in the upcoming midterm election.  McConnell will come to a complete rebuttal of Trump and the strategy, as it stands, that the former president is focused on trying to prove voter fraud (non-existent) in the 2020 election. The 2020 election is underway.  Over the past months, the effort was taken to another level last week when Trump suggested that unless the last election is called off, future elections would be useless.  “If we don't solve the 2020 presidential election fraud (which we have documented fully and conclusively) Republicans will not vote ...

Boris Johnson is urged to end the UK's belated crackdown on social media abuse following the murder of David Amess by finally enforcing the Online Harms Bill.  The legislation aims to target tech companies that fail to remove illegal and harmful content with hefty fines. promised already in 2019, but there is still no date for its launch.  At a special council session devoted to the assassinated Southend West congressman on Monday, Conservative colleague Mark Francois said the bill should now be placed "in the law book" - and offered to call it "law of David".  China, saying Britain will not "reject" the East Asian nation's investments despite ongoing feuds with Beijing over human rights violations and Hong Kong.  London Investment Summit, the prime minister said in an interview with Bloomberg that China would continue to play a role "in the UK economy, but insisted the government would not be" naive.

Tory MP Sir David Amess has died after being stabbed multiple times during surgery in his constituency of Essex.  Police said a 25-year-old man was arrested for murder after the attack on a church in LeighonSea. They have recovered a knife and are not looking for anyone else in connection with the incident.  An anti-terrorism team will investigate. Boris Johnson has expressed his shock and sadness at the loss of "one of the nicest people" in politics.  Interior Minister Priti Patel called on all police forces to review security arrangements for parliamentarians "with immediate effect", a spokesperson for the Interior Ministry said.  Sir David, 69, had been an MP since 1983 and was married with five children. She is the second sitting assistant to be killed in the past five years, following the murder of Labor MP Jo Cox in 2016. She was killed outside a library in Birstall, West Yorkshire, where she was scheduled to undergo a surgical intervention. The investigation ...

The annual Climate Transparency Report has been released, displaying the bloc's according to capita emissions are better than the G20 average (7.nine to 7.5).  It is the world’s maximum complete annual overview of G20 countries’ weather motion and their transition to a net-0 emissions economy. Developed via way of means of professionals from sixteen accomplice organizations from the bulk of the G20 countries, the record informs policymakers and stimulates country wide debates. They noted:  “The EU’s weather regulations and commitments want sizable upgrades to be regular with the Paris Agreement’s 1.5°C temperature limit. "The EU isn't assembly its ‘honest proportion contributions to weather motion.” It is produced to function a beneficial reference for decision-makers and actors, and additionally for the ones crucial for weather for whom weather isn't crucial. The overview is primarily based totally on a hundred signs for adaptation, mitigation and finance and goals to...

Most public schools on Long Island are working to inform parents of COVID19 infections at a time when the number cases increased by more than 60%, according to the latest state data.  More than 6,400 school-aged residents in Nassau and Suffolk counties had tested positive for the virus on Wednesday, according to the latest lab reports compiled by the state Department of Health.  Those numbers were up 64% from the 3,920 517-year-old residents reported infected between September 11. September 1 and 29. National and local authorities have said in recent weeks that infection rates remain manageable in an area with a school population of more than 400,000 students.  Authorities at both levels have stepped up efforts to inform the public of the numbers of affected students, teachers and other school staff.  However, the District of Hempstead, which is Nassau's largest K12 system, was recently targeted for failing to report cases in Albany, as required by the state. Distric...

Los Angeles City Councilor Mark Ridley Thomas was indicted Wednesday on federal charges of accepting bribes from a dean of USC in exchange for millions of dollars in public funding directed to the university while he was in the Los Departmental Supervisory Board.  Ridley Thomas is accused of conspiring with Marilyn Louise Flynn, then dean of USC's School of Social Work, to channel money from the county to the university in exchange for her son Sebastian's admission to the university. university with a scholarship and a paid teaching position.  Ridley Thomas, 66, one of Los Angeles' most powerful figures in politics, is the third member of Los City's city council to face federal corruption charges in the past two years. In a 20-count indictment, he and Flynn face allegations of conspiracy, bribery, and mail and telematics fraud.  The alleged bribe scheme is the latest in a string of scandals that have tainted USC's reputation in recent years.  The former head of a me...

An investigation was opened for "organized abuse" at a special school in London after CCTV was discovered of pupils being physically assaulted and neglected.  Videos, found by staff, show students abused in padded isolation rooms between Po and 2017. One parent said he didn't know the rooms existed until he picked up the autistic son "distressed."  The school said it worked with the police and supported families. Whitefield School in Walthamstow, north-east London, has over 300 students aged three to 19, many of whom have severe or complex needs and are unable to communicate verbally.  In May, a staff member found a significant number of videos showing children in the school's isolation rooms. In some videos, students are physically assaulted and neglected. Safe or isolation rooms are used in schools when it is believed that a student should be isolated from a classroom during the school day. y, the school wrote to parents about finding evidence of "all...

Britain's doctors are urged to see more patients face-to-face as ministers unveil a £ 250million winter bailout.  Social distancing rules should also be relaxed so that general practitioners can fit more people into their buildings. It comes amid growing criticism of the decline in face-to-face dating since the start of the pandemic.  Only 58% of patients were seen face to face on August 1, a full month after the restrictions ended. This compares to 54% in January and over 80% before the pandemic.  Patients also complained about long waits on phone lines to make appointments. The £ 250m funding is part of the additional £ 5bn Covid fund announced last month to help the NHS until the end of the year and is in addition to the £ 12bn set aside for services quest GP. in addition to other temporary staff, doctors' offices will be able to use the money to recruit other temporary staff such as physiotherapists and chiropodists. The announcement is part of a larger joint governme...

Nine months after the U.S. Capitol attack, Republicans in Congress defend Donald Trump's role on Jan. 6, "He'd have one widespread support from the party if he ran again for president in 2024.  Republicans throughout the conference, including some who are vulnerable in next year's midterm elections or who have long been part of the party's mainstream wing, have little or no reservations on the possibility of Trump topping the list again. Some GOP members cheer Trump's return, saying he remains a popular figure and a powerful force , and there is broad consensus among Republicans that Trump will be the automatic front runner and the prime his field would freeze if he decides to intervene. in alternating districts such as New Jersey MP Jeff Van Drew, they welcome Trump's possible return to the political struggle.