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News  |  Anne Summerhays  • 
November 1, 2021

FDA approves COVID-19 vaccines for children aged 5 to 11 years old

Independent advisory committee experts overwhelmingly voted in favor, the FDA said. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has authorized the emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children 5 through 11 years of age. The vaccine was 91% effective at preventing symptomatic illness in this younger age group, according to a clinical trial. BREAKING:…
News  |  Sarah Ulmer  • 
November 1, 2021

State Rep. Jon Lancaster switches to the Republican Party

Republican supermajority grows in Mississippi House.  State Representative Jon Lancaster, previously of the Democratic Party, has switched sides and will now be part of the Republican Party in Mississippi. Speaker of the House Philip Gunn sent a message to GOP caucus members on Friday evening saying, “I am proud to announce that our friend and…