Federal workers offer first test of Biden vaccine mandates

About 4 million federal workers, from FBI agents to Bureau of Prisons guards to U.S. Food and Drug Administration workers, are to be vaccinated by Nov. 22 under the president’s executive order aimed at stopping the spread of the coronavirus.

Federal appeals court blocks Biden's vaccine mandate for big companies

Louisiana Attorney General Landry said the action stops President Joe Biden "from moving forward with his unlawful overreach.”

Arlington ISD meal programs being impacted by supply chain issues

Arlington ISD makes 50,000 student meals a day. They say while they’re not in danger of not being able to feed kids, they’re facing challenges with nearly every item they serve.

Biden admin considering vaccine mandate for businesses with fewer than 100 employees

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is considering whether businesses with fewer than 100 employees should be subject to the same COVID-19 vaccine and testing mandate it is implementing on big businesses.

Pfizer says COVID-19 pill cut hospital, death risk by nearly 90%

Pfizer said its experimental antiviral pill for COVID-19 cut rates of hospitalization and death by nearly 90% in high-risk patients.

GOP candidate Allen West admits to 'flicking' off man's mask during DFW Airport altercation

"You need to respect me as an individual and my decisions and do not verbally accost me or assault me and call me out and names," he said. "First of all, you need to know that I have the right to make those decisions about my body.”

Child COVID-19 vaccinations start at south Fort Worth site

Some Fort Worth ISD students aged 5 to 11 are among the first in the district to get the pediatric Pfizer COVID vaccine approved for emergency use authorization earlier this week. The drive-thru clinic put together by Fort Worth ISD and the city of Fort Worth was held at the district’s Wilkerson-Greines Activity Center.

US mandates COVID-19 vaccines or tests for big companies by Jan. 4, 2022

U.S. regulators say Americans who work at companies with 100 or more employees will need to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by Jan. 4 or get tested weekly.

First pediatric COVID-19 vaccines to be distributed in North Texas beginning Wednesday

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gave final approval for children as young as 5 to get the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine. Dallas and Tarrant County health departments both say vaccinations will begin Wednesday.

CDC approves Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for kids 5 to 11

CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky gave final approval Tuesday evening after an advisory panel just hours earlier unanimously recommended kids aged 5-11 should get the shot.

NIH to study ‘long COVID-19’ in pregnant women

The agency announced Tuesday that it will support a four-year follow-up study to learn about the potential long-term effects of COVID-19 on women who contracted the disease during pregnancy.

FDA delays decision on Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for kids 12-17

U.S. regulators are delaying their decision on Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for children 12 to 17 while they study the rare risk of heart inflammation.

Texas AG Ken Paxton files suit over COVID-19 vaccine mandates

Texas AG Ken Paxton has filed suit over President Joe Biden's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for federal contractors.

Supreme Court rejects appeal to stop Maine's COVID-19 vaccine mandate

The Supreme Court has rejected an emergency appeal from health care workers in Maine to block a vaccine mandate that went into effect Friday.

FDA authorizes Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11

The FDA has authorized the emergency use expansion of Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine access to children 5 and 11 years old. The CDC will next decide whether to sign off on the shots.