A November 2021 Kaiser Family Foundation poll found that 30% of parents with 12- to 17-year-olds said they will definitely not vaccinate their children.
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Judge to dismiss Sarah Palin’s defamation suit against New York Times
The case centered on a June 2017 Times editorial that Palin’s attorneys argued accused her of inciting murder six years earlier in a mass shooting in Tucson.
Study finds Western megadrought is the worst in 1,200 years
Lake Mead and Lake Powell, the country’s two largest reservoirs, are only filled at about one-third of their total capacity.
The FDA postpones a highly anticipated meeting on the Pfizer vaccine for young kids
The scheduled meeting would have looked at only the first two shots in the immunization series, not the data for all three shots — an unorthodox move that might have gotten the authorization moving faster.
An unexpected item is blocking cities’ climate change prep: obsolete rainfall records
Rainfall reports for some states are 50 years old, which means they don’t reflect how the climate has already changed in recent decades.
Experts say Delta’s call for an unruly passenger no-fly list invites legal turbulence
The FAA fielded 5,981 reports of unruly passengers last year, 4,290 of which were related to masking.
Tonga enters lockdown after first community transmitted COVID-19 cases detected
Two workers tested positive Tuesday, local media reported, after the Ministry of Health increased testing at the wharf they worked at amid a flow of international aid.
A piece of space junk the size of a school bus is barreling straight toward the moon
It will be the first time — that we know of — humans have accidentally crashed something into the lunar surface.
Lawmakers urge making Lunar New Year a federal holiday
If passed, the new measure would make Lunar New Year the 12th federal holiday, and the first since President Biden signed into law a bill establishing Juneteenth as a federal holiday last year.
COVID-19 vaccine for young kids could be ready this month
The last age group of the population unable to get a COVID-19 vaccine may soon be able to do so — and much earlier than anticipated.









