Berkeley elementary schools hold vaccine clinics for children ages 5 to 11

BUSD anticipates opening three COVID-19 vaccination clinics following FDA authorization of a modified Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for children ages 5 to 11.
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BUSD anticipates opening three COVID-19 vaccination clinics following FDA authorization of a modified Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for children ages 5 to 11.
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Following the U.S. FDA’s approval of a vaccine for children ages 5 to 11, the BUSD is preparing to help students get vaccinated at elementary schools.
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On Aug. 23, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration officially approved the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for individuals 16 and older.
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Scientists from UC Berkeley are part of a research team using Nobel Prize-winning CRISPR technology to develop a COVID-19 diagnostic test that is fast, convenient and can be performed on site.
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Researchers looked at 274 unique brain scans to develop a new method to diagnose Alzheimer’s Disease, the leading cause of dementia, in live patients.
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, approved the first entirely at-home COVID-19 molecular test, which will be able to deliver results in under 30 minutes, Tuesday.
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Ricardo San Martin, the Sutardja Center’s Alt: Meat Lab Director and Industry Fellow, is working on cultivating Quillaja saponaria — the Chilean soapbark tree — so it can be used in an upcoming COVID-19 vaccine candidate.
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While many students get tested regularly at UC Berkeley’s University Health Services, or UHS, coronavirus testing facilities, some students with disabilities find it challenging to access these services.
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Passing Prop. 14 would be an important step toward saving lives from incurable diseases.
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In response to the poor air quality resulting from wildfires throughout California, the city of Berkeley has begun distributing KN95 masks to the city’s unhoused population.
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