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WATCH: Answering your questions on COVID vaccines for kids

By News Desk

So far, more than 900,000 newly eligible children were vaccinated against COVID-19 in the days after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention endorsed the shot, according to data from the White House COVID-19 Task Force briefing this week.

The COVID-19 vaccine and kids. Your questions answered

By Laura Santhanam

Looking across the coronavirus pandemic, people who remain unvaccinated make up the overwhelming majority of people who have suffered the most -- signaling the protective and preventive power of getting vaccinated.

After banning teachers from displaying diversity symbols, Oregon school board fires superintendent

By Andrew Selsky, Associated Press

The escalating disputes on the Newberg School Board come as schools nationwide have become battlegrounds, with arguments over vaccine and mask mandates and how racism is addressed in teaching.

Mandates drive up vaccinations at colleges, despite leniency

By John Seewer, Associated Press

Some universities have seen nearly complete compliance, including at state flagship schools in Maryland, Illinois and Washington.

White House says campaign to vaccinate children off to a ‘very strong start’

By Zeke Miller, Mike Stobbe, Associated Press

About 900,000 kids aged 5 to 11 will have received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in their first week of eligibility, the White House said, providing the first glimpse at the pace of the school-aged vaccination campaign.

As U.S. borders reopen, experts say it will take years for travel to recover

By Tali Arbel, Anne D'Innocenzio, Associated Press

The U.S. says it is inviting the global community to visit now that the government has ended the ban on travelers from 33 countries. In reality, however, it will still be difficult for much of the globe to enter the…

Biden team defends worker vaccine rule, wants challenges combined into single case

By Geoff Mulvihill, Associated Press

At least 27 states plus several businesses and associations filed legal challenges in at least six federal appeals courts after the Occupational Safety and Health Administration released its mandate last week.

As rules ease, travelers head to US for emotional reunions

By John Leicester, Travis Loller, Associated Press

New rules go into effect Monday that allow nonessential travel across America's land borders for vaccinated visitors. They also allow air travel from a series of countries from which it has been restricted.

Thousands of federal intelligence officers refusing to get vaccine at risk of dismissal

By Nomaan Merchant, Associated Press

Several intelligence agencies had at least 20% of their workforces that were unvaccinated as of late October.

What young Americans think about vaccines and mandates

By Laura Santhanam

A majority believe that getting vaccinated is -- at least in part -- an obligation we owe to each other, according to a new poll from the PBS NewsHour and Generation Lab.