News in :90 – Sept. 28, 2021

Stickers linked to a white supremacist organization were posted on campus yesterday.

In a message from the university’s Diversity Action Response Team, administrators acknowledge the material was “hateful and intended to instill fear and division.”

The stickers have been removed, and Public Safety is working with the St. Paul Police Department to investigate the incident.

Overnight, Pfizer submitted data to the FDA in an effort to have its COVID-19 vaccine approved for children between 5 and 11 years old. 

While children involved in trials were given a lower dose of the vaccine, Pfizer says the antibody response was similar to that of trials in 16- to 25-year-olds.

This update comes as the American Academy of Pediatrics reports that children made up more than 25% of COVID-19 cases reported last week.

Today is National Voter Registration Day, just six weeks away from elections that will determine the outcome of mayoral races in St. Paul and Minneapolis.

More information is available through the office of the Minnesota secretary of state.