A race between COVID vaccines and the virus is still being run in the U.S. as hesitancy remains high in many states. A contamination crisis has also struck a Maryland-based vaccine manufacturer that was found to have produced millions of unuseable Johnson & Johnson vaccine doses earlier this year.

Over 75,000 new infections were recorded across the U.S. yesterday - down on recent highs but still spreadingly rapidly enough to threaten another spike in hospitalizations and deaths. White House and CDC officials hope a rollout of the vaccine among young children will help curb the spread in the coming months.

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The latest numbers pushed the tribe’s totals to 37,154 confirmed cases since the beginning of the pandemic. The known death toll now stands at 1,493.

New York City: Children can get $100 for their first dose of the Pfizer shot at a city-operated vaccination site. They can also get tickets to city attractions like the Statue of Liberty or a Brooklyn Cyclones baseball game.

Chicago, Illinois: Children five to 11 can get $100 gift cards when they get vaccinated at Chicago Public Health events or clinics.

San Antonio, Texas: Parents or guardians who get their children vaccinated at a public health clinic can get a $100 gift care for H-E-B grocery stores.

Louisiana: Children aged five to 11 can soon also claim $100.

Minnesota: Children aged 12 to 17 can receive a $100 visa card and the opportunity to enter a raffle for a $100,000 college scholarship or a Minnesota experience prize package.

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It signals an emergence of the U.S. economy from the worst of the recent Delta variant wave, with growth resuming and employers feeling able to hire new staff.

The city’s rolling seven-day average for daily infections rose from 50 per 100,000 to 59 as of last Saturday, according to health officials.

The company admitted the incident in a conference call last night discussing its latest financial results, suggesting it will miss out on about $180 million due to the contract’s termination.

Emergent BioSolutions was approved to begin the rollout of the vaccines under the Trump administration, but after winning the contract it ran into production problems, with ingredients intended for use in Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine shots contaminating 15 million doses of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine.

Another 2,753 people had not started the process of getting vaccinated for reasons that were not specified by the Air Force. Officials said it would review requests for medical and religious exemptions over the next 30 days.

Tuesday was the Air Force’s deadline for all active-duty members to comply with a vaccine mandate, with anybody who has not taken part now required to undergo at least weekly COVID testing to enter any military facility.

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Officials confirmed the individual did not have close contact with the president, is fully vaccinated and asymptomatic. Biden tested negative for the virus on Tuesday, the White House added.

Pfizer said there were six hospitalizations and zero deaths out of the 607 participants who took the cocktail within five days of symptoms - compared with 41 hospitalizations and 10 deaths out of the 612 people who received a placebo.

The medication is believed to work by inhibiting an enzyme the virus requires to replicate in human cells. It is part of a major trial designed to find easy medication to prevent serious COVID-related disease, and follows the breakthrough and authorization of a similar pill - molnupiravir - developed by Merck.

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