The US Food and Drug Administration said Wednesday it would grant emergency use authorization for a booster dose of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine in people 65 and older, people at high risk of severe disease and people whose jobs put them at risk of infection.

ATLANTA (CBS46) -- Northside Pediatrics this week put out a warning to parents after seeing cases of Multisystem inflammatory syndrome [MIS-C], which the CDC reports can be deadly.

ATLANTA (CBS46) — The Sandy Springs Fire Department will host a series of “Educate and Vaccinate” community events over the next three months to answer questions and share information on COVID-19 and fire safety, according to a press release .

ATLANTA (CBS46) — The Fulton County Board of Health is inviting residents in target zip codes to join the Say Yes! COVID Test At-Home Testing Challenge, which provides households with access to free, rapid COVID-19 test kits that they can self-administer.

LONDON (AP) — Johnson & Johnson released data showing that a booster dose to its one-shot coronavirus vaccine provides a strong immune response months after people receive a first dose.

ATLANTA (CBS46) -- Atlanta pharmacies are limiting the amount of at-home testing kits customers can purchase due to a shortage in rapid testing supplies across the country, a shortage the CDC warned about in early September.

ATLANTA (CBS46) -- Pfizer says its vaccine is safe for children ages five to eleven years old. The company is planning to ask the FDA for emergency use authorization soon.

ATLANTA (CBS46) -- Younger children may soon be eligible to get a Covid-19 vaccine. On Monday, Pfizer announced its trial of its vaccine in kids 5 to 11 showed positive topline results.

COVID-19 has now killed about as many Americans as the 1918-19 Spanish flu pandemic did — approximately 675,000.

Vaccine advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration voted unanimously Friday to recommend emergency use authorization of a booster dose of Pfizer's vaccine six months after full vaccination in people 65 and older and those at high risk of severe COVID-19.