🌱 Pfizer Booster For Kids + Pedestrian Struck On I-20

Good day, people of Birmingham! It's me again, Michael Seale, your host of the Birmingham Daily. I hope everyone survived Birmingham's first (and maybe last) snow day of 2022. Luckily, the accumulation was minimal due to record-breaking high temperatures over the weekend keeping the ground nice and warm. However, there were a few wrecks on the interstates in the metro area. On another note, COVID-19 booster shot have been approved by the CDC, but they are not yet available in Birmingham. Read more below.

First, today's weather:

Warmer with plenty of sun. High: 53 Low: 38.

Here are the top 5 stories today in Birmingham:

1. A female pedestrian was killed Sunday night in a hit-and-run while walking on Interstate 20 in Irondale. (AL.com)
2. The Food and Drug Administration on Monday authorized the Pfizer COVID-19 booster for children as young as 12 in our area, broadening access to the third dose of the vaccine as COVID-19 daily infection rates remain in record territory. (Birmingham Patch)
3. The Birmingham Promise scholarship applications are now open for the class of 2022. Last year was the inaugural program and was a significant success. (WIAT - CBS42.com)
4. Alabama motorists will see a new look to the standard license plate this year, as the Alabama Department of Revenue rolled out the new plate to begin 2022. (Birmingham Patch)
5. Shipments of treatments for the delta variant have resumed as cases of COVID-19 surge in Alabama. (Alabama Political Reporter)

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Today in Birmingham:

• Cancer patients, survivors and their families are invited to attend a cancer support group meeting at St. Vincent's. (Noon)
• Taco Tuesday is happening at Publix GreenWise Market at Lane Parke in Mountain Brook. (Details)
• Join Ferus Artisan Ales for a socially distant yoga class Tuesday in the private event room at Ferus Artisan Ales in Trussville. (6 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Escape the winter weather: here are 12 places for endless indoor fun in Birmingham (Bham Now)
• Birmingham Police are investigating after a woman was hit and killed after a car accident on I-59 N early Friday morning. (WBRC)
• The Emergency Department at Children's of Alabama is NOT a public COVID-19 testing site. Please contact your pediatrician if you need to schedule an appointment for a COVID-19 test. (Instagram)
• The St. Clair County Sheriff's Office is asking for the public's help in locating a Springville man wanted on multiple charges. (Trussville Tribune)

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— Michael Seale

About me: I am a lifelong Alabama resident with more than two decades of media under my belt. I have worked for a daily newspaper, a weekly newspaper, a monthly magazine, a television station and a couple of radio stations. I also tried my hand at marketing for a little while. But I love writing news. This opportunity to bring Patch to Birmingham is a chance for my hometown to benefit from a new - and better - way to read and receive news.