More than 30 million Americans have already gotten booster shots

Countries included in licensing deal mostly in Africa and Asia and account for more than half of the world's population

Increases in sleep hours and use of mental health services, decrease in work hours occurred in parallel to decrease in depressive symptoms

Uptake of vaccination higher among beneficiaries with versus without high-risk conditions; missed opportunities for vaccination are common

Among adults aged 18 to 64 years, 14.0 percent were uninsured, 21.6 percent had public coverage, 66.3 percent had private health coverage

BNT162b2 vaccine had favorable safety profile in 5- to 11-year-olds similar to that seen in other age groups

Request comes shortly after clinical trial testing the drug was halted early due to overwhelming evidence of its effectiveness

Illness reported in Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, South Dakota; two hospitalizations but no deaths reported

There have been six hospitalizations reported, but no deaths

However, overall disease activity does not appear to change after vaccination