Kid Vaccines in October? Hospital Halts Deliveries; DeSantis Gets a Win

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Pfizer’s COVID vaccine for kids ages 5 to 11 could be available by the end of October, with the FDA expected to make its decision within 3 weeks of the company’s submission for emergency use authorization. (Reuters)

A hospital in upstate New York said it will pause delivering babies later this month after six unvaccinated staff in the maternity ward quit over the hospital’s COVID vaccine requirement. (Watertown Daily Times)

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) scored a win in his battle to ban mask mandates in schools when a Florida appeals court blocked schools from enforcing them. (CNN)

Speaking of schools, the ones in San Francisco have reported zero COVID “outbreaks” since the beginning of school last month. (NPR)

As of early Monday morning, the unofficial COVID-19 toll in the U.S. was 40,955,260 cases and 659,975 deaths, up 349,166 cases and 5,351 deaths since this time on Friday.

For working-age adults, the Delta surge is leading to the highest number of weekly COVID deaths compared to any other time during the pandemic. (Wall Street Journal)

A heart patient in Alabama died after the hospital contacted 43 ICUs in three states and was unable to get him a bed due to the surge in COVID cases. (NBC News)

Former FDA Commissioner Scott Gottlieb, MD, previews how the country may have to adapt to a winter where both COVID and flu are endemic. (The Atlantic)

Nursing homes may be drugging patients with antipsychotics and covering it up with phony diagnoses, a New York Times investigation found.

For some female doctors, infertility is the price to pay for a medical career. (New York Times)

In an interview, NIAID Director Anthony Fauci, MD, said he would support mandating vaccines for air travel. (The Hill)

How did objecting to COVID vaccine mandates become a popular political stance in the mainstream Republican party? (New York Times)

President Biden’s pandemic plan may not go far enough in terms of ensuring vulnerable populations are protected, two health policy experts argued. (The Conversation)

Overseas, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson scrapped the idea of vaccine passports to enter nightclubs, movie theaters and sporting events in the U.K., in part due to political pressure. (The Sunday Times)

The U.K.’s National Health Service announced it will begin a trial of a blood test for 50 different types of cancer. (Reuters)

Find out how one nurse’s viral video helped persuade people to get vaccinated against the virus. (Insider)