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As drug companies expand coronavirus vaccine access to children, officials are working to persuade people who are skeptical or unwilling to get vaccinated. (Video: Luis Velarde, Jonathan Baran, Erin Patrick O'Connor/The Washington Post, Photo: Erin Cox/The Washington Post)

CDC director urges parents to vaccinate children

May 12, 2021 at 1:55 p.m. EDT
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky on Tuesday urged parents to vaccinate their children now that federal officials have authorized the Pfizer-BioNTech shots for people as young as 12.  

Here are some significant developments:

  • Covid-19 patients in India have been readmitted to hospitals with a deadly black fungal infection called mucormycosis that physicians say is increasingly preying on people with weakened immune systems.
  • Ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft will offer free rides to vaccination sites through a partnership with the Biden administration announced Tuesday.
  • Los Angeles County, the most populous in the United States, could reach herd immunity from the coronavirus by mid- to late-July, health officials said Monday.
  • Widespread shortages and production snags are driving prices higher for many everyday items, as an uneven post-pandemic economic reopening leaves Americans facing the unfamiliar risk of inflation.
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Covid-19 patients in India have been readmitted to hospitals with a deadly black fungal infection called mucormycosis that physicians say is increasingly preying on people with weakened immune systems.
Ride-hailing companies Uber and Lyft will offer free rides to vaccination sites through a partnership with the Biden administration announced Tuesday.
Los Angeles County, the most populous in the United States, could reach herd immunity from the coronavirus by mid- to late-July, health officials said Monday.
Widespread shortages and production snags are driving prices higher for many everyday items, as an uneven post-pandemic economic reopening leaves Americans facing the unfamiliar risk of inflation.

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