
CDC director denies defying agency panel over COVID-19 booster recommendations
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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky denied overruling an agency advisory committee that had reportedly refused to endorse Pfizer-BioNTech booster shots during a White House briefing Friday afternoon.
Walensky noted that she had listened intently to both the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) advisory committee as well as to the "exceptional group of scientists" who had deliberated for an hour over very difficult questions and "where the science was."
"I listened to the comments on the votes and this was a scientific close call," she said. "And, I think you could tell by the duration of the meeting and the discussions that this was a scientific close call."

Colorado man sentenced to life in prison for DUI that killed Air Force veteran, injured his children
A 57-year-old Colorado man will spend the rest of his life in prison after he was convicted of driving drunk and causing the death of a U.S. Air Force veteran at a gas station in Castle Rock.