
When will kids be able to get COVID-19 vaccines?
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There could be "enough information to be able to safely vaccinate children of virtually any age" by the end of the year, Dr. Anthony Fauci said at a White House COVID-19 response briefing Friday, pointing to recent data from Pfizer on the safety and efficacy of its COVID-19 vaccine in adolescents.
Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech announced earlier this week that early results from a trial of their COVID-19 vaccine in older children, 12 to 15 years of age, showed it was safe and fully effective. The company said it plans to seek an amendment to its emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration "in the coming weeks," hoping to clear the shots for adolescents "before the start of the next school year." The company also says it expects results ahead of schedule for its pediatric trials in younger children, with data "in the second half of 2021." That could allow for the FDA to greenlight vaccinations for children as young as 6 months old "by early 2022."
Robert Morris, founding pastor of Gateway Church, a megachurch in Southlake, Texas, has been indicted on five counts of lewd or indecent acts with a child, stemming from alleged incidents dating back to the 1980s, the Oklahoma attorney general's office announced Wednesday. We are aware of the actions being taken by the legal authorities in Oklahoma and are grateful for the work of the justice system in holding abusers accountable for their actions. We continue to pray for Cindy Clemishire and her family, for the members and staff of Gateway Church, and for all of those impacted by this terrible situation.