LONDON (AP) — Drugmaker Pfizer Inc. has signed a deal with a U.N.-backed group to allow other manufacturers to make its experimental COVID-19 pill, a move that could make the treatment available to more than half of the world’s population.
St. Thomas will require all employees to be vaccinated by January 4, 2022, a Minnesota state court advisory committee meets Friday to discuss whether to allow more video coverage of criminal proceedings and St. Thomas U.S. Air Force ROTC marched under the American flag and placed a vigil in honor of Veterans day. Videographer Maddy Herman has today’s News in :90.
Public Safety Sgt. Reggie Wright has a fan club, the White House has announced plans to vaccinate children, and a judge announced that bail will not be lowered for a man accused of shooting a Twin Cities man. Derek Badger has today’s News in :90.
The U.S. will reopen its borders to nonessential travel, Gustavus Adolphus college renamed its arboretum, and nineteen positive COVID-19 cases were reported to the Center for Well-Being. Lauren Stanton has today’s News in :90.
The Biden administration’s special envoy to Haiti has resigned, the U.S. is one step closer to offering booster shots Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, and the Minnesota Timberwolves fired president Gersson Rosas on Wednesday. Emily Rudie has today’s News in :90.
New York public school student went back to in-person learning despite the enduring pandemic, the majority of the Greenwood Lake Wildfire has been contained, and the leader of an Illinois anti-government militia group faces sentencing for crimes involved in the bombing of a mosque. Assignment Editor Lauren Price has today’s News in :90.
Pfizer is about to seek U.S. authorization for a third dose of its COVID-19 vaccine, saying Thursday that another shot within 12 months could dramatically boost immunity and maybe help ward off the latest worrisome coronavirus mutant.
Senior Austin Murr created COVIDvaccinate.me, an online website that allows St. Thomas community members and others to locate pharmacies with available COVID-19 vaccines. Natalie Hoepner and Lauren Dettmer have the story.
The first juror speaks out about deliberations of the Derek Chauvin trial, President Joe Biden will call for an investment into free preschool and the CDC eased its outdoor mask wearing guidelines. Business Manager Sydney LaBelle has today’s News in :90.
For the second week in a row, COVID-19 cases on campus have increased from one to nine. With COVID-19 cases rising in many places, governments are facing a hard choice of pushing on with the cheap and easy to use AstraZeneca vaccine or suspending it due to high reports of dangerous blood clots. Minnesota men’s basketball coach, Richard Pitino was fired on monday. Designer Max Osborne has today’s news in :90.
Jury selection for the former Minneapolis police officer charged in George Floyd’s death resumed Friday and St. Thomas graduate Mohamed Malim created Epimonía, a business designed to help support refugees in the United States. Designer Rabia Malik has today’s News in :90.
The largest vaccination campaign in U.S. history got underway Monday as health workers in select hospitals rolled up their sleeves for shots to protect them from COVID-19 and start beating back the pandemic — a day of optimism even as the nation’s death toll neared 300,000.
The U.S. gave the final go-ahead Friday to the nation’s first COVID-19 vaccine, marking what could be the beginning of the end of an outbreak that has killed nearly 300,000 Americans.
