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FILE - In this Jan. 8, 2021, file photo, a pharmacist prepares a syringe of the Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19, at Queen Anne Healthcare, a skilled nursing and rehabilitation facility in Seattle. The U.S. vaccination drive against COVID-19 stood on the verge of a major new phase as government advisers Thursday, Sept. 23, recommended booster doses of Pfizer's vaccine for millions of older or otherwise vulnerable Americans - despite doubts the extra shots will do much to slow the pandemic. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

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EXPLAINER: Who's eligible for Pfizer booster shots in US?
FILE - In this Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2021 file photo, a nurse loads a syringe with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine in Jackson, Miss. Millions of Americans are now eligible to receive a Pfizer booster shot to help increase their protection against the worst effects of the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)
NY hospitals, schools fear staff shortage from vaccine rules
FILE - In this Wednesday, May 27, 2020 file photo, Medical personnel adjust their personal protective equipment while working in the emergency department at NYC Health + Hospitals Metropolitan in New York. Hospitals and nursing homes in New York are bracing for the possibility that a statewide COVID-19 vaccine mandate for health care workers could lead to staff shortages when it takes effect Monday, Sept. 27, 2021. Doctors and nurses - and also support staff, like food service workers and cleaners - have been given until Sept. 27 to get at least their first vaccine shot in one of the nation's most aggressive plans to protect patients. (AP Photo/John Minchillo, File)
The Latest: CDC: Studies show masks lessen school outbreaks
FILE - In this March 2, 2021, file photo, socially distanced and with protective partitions students work on an art project during class at the Sinaloa Middle School in Novato, Calif. Public schools have struggled for years with teacher shortages, particularly in math, science, special education and languages. But the pandemic has exacerbated the problem. The stresses of teaching in the COVID-era caused a spike in teacher retirements and resignations. Now that California schools have welcomed students back to in-person learning, they face a new challenge: A shortage of teachers and all other staff, the likes of which some districts say they've never seen. (AP Photo/Haven Daley, File)
Biden urges COVID-19 booster shots for those now eligible
President Joe Biden speaks about the COVID-19 response and vaccinations in the State Dining Room of the White House, Friday, Sept. 24, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Court indicates it may wait to rule on Georgia abortion law
FILE - In this May 16, 2019 file photo, abortion rights supporters stand during a news conference by Presidential candidate Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., at the Georgia State Capitol in Atlanta to discuss abortion bans in Georgia and across the country. A federal appeals court plans to hear arguments Friday, Sept. 24, 2021 on whether it should overturn a lower court's ruling that permanently blocks a restrictive abortion law passed in 2019 by Georgia lawmakers. (Bob Andres/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
Polish protesters warn that health care crisis is looming
Health care workers staff a protest camp in Warsaw, Poland, on Tuesday Sept. 21, 2021. Doctors, nurses and other health care workers have been camping out in front of the Polish prime minister's offices for nearly two weeks to protest their working conditions and demand higher wages. Poland has the lowest number of working doctors to its population in the 27-nation European Union, and its nurses are also stretched thin. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)
CDC leader adds people with risky jobs to COVID booster list
FILE - In this Jan. 8, 2021, file photo, a pharmacist prepares a syringe of the Pfizer vaccine for COVID-19, at Queen Anne Healthcare, a skilled nursing and rehabilitation facility in Seattle. The U.S. vaccination drive against COVID-19 stood on the verge of a major new phase as government advisers Thursday, Sept. 23, recommended booster doses of Pfizer's vaccine for millions of older or otherwise vulnerable Americans - despite doubts the extra shots will do much to slow the pandemic. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
Many hurdles for families with food challenges, poll shows
Barrios Unidos president Lupe Salazar pushes a dolly filled with canned food ahead of a food drive on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021, in Chimayó, New Mexico. (AP Photo/Cedar Attanasio)
France, Germany nominate WHO chief Tedros for a second term
Tiny San Marino votes in referendum on legalizing abortion
FILE - In this Friday, April 9, 2021 filer, a woman walks in San Marino old town. San Marino is one of the last countries in Europe banning all abortions. Tiny San Marino is one of the last countries in Europe which forbids abortion in any circumstance - a ban that dates from 1865. On Sunday, Sept. 26, 2021, its citizens can vote in a referendum calling for abortion to be made legal in the first 12 weeks of pregnancy. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni, File)
CDC endorses booster shots for millions of Americans, opening a major new phase in US vaccination drive against COVID-19
The Latest: Australian cities move closer to ending lockdown
Health officers wearing protective gears help visitors who are waiting in a line to get coronavirus testing at a temporary screening clinic for coronavirus in Seoul, South Korea, Friday, Sept. 24, 2021. South Korea has reported its biggest daily jump in coronavirus since the start of the pandemic as people returned from the country's biggest holiday of the year. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Veterans at Revolutionary battlefield dig find camaraderie
Veteran Tim Madere sifts through dirt as part of an archeological dig at the site of the Second Battle of Saratoga, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021, in Stillwater, N.Y. Veterans with American Veterans Archaeological Recovery are searching for Revolutionary War artifacts at the Saratoga National Historical Park this month. (AP Photo/Michael Hill)
'Vaccine apartheid': Africans tell UN they need vaccines
President of South Africa Cyril Ramaphosa speaks via video link during the 76th Session of the U.N. General Assembly at United Nations headquarters in New York, on Thursday, Sept. 23, 2021. (Spencer Platt/Pool Photo via AP)

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