Safeway pharmacist Shahrzad Khoobyari administers a Pfizer COVID-19 booster vaccination into the arm of Norman Solomon at a clinic on Oct. 1 in San Rafael, California. A new study that influenced the decision to give boosters relied on Israeli Ministry of Health data indicating a decrease in vaccine effectiveness over six months. (Justin Sullivan/Getty)
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Pfizer Vaccine Wears Off After 6 Months, Study Finds

Prospective study of nearly 5,000 vaccinated healthcare workers supports decision to give booster shots.
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Mexico Remembers 1968 Student Massacre On Oct. 2 

Survivors speak about the massacre of hundreds of students in Tlatelolco 53 years ago.
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The California division of the Bureau of Land Management said it manages nearly 600 producing oil and gas leases covering more than 200,000 acres and 7,900 usable wells, like the one pictured above. On Aug. 16, the Department of the Interior said it would resume the bureau’s leasing program while it appealed a suit filed by more than a dozen state attorney generals over the government’s recent pause. (Bureau of Land Management)
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Legal Free-For-All Rages Over Oil, Gas And Coal Leases On Federal Lands

Eventual outcomes of those disputes will have big impact on local budgets, indigenous communities and the environment.
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