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Weekend Roundup 10/15

10.15.2021 - By CBS News RadioPlay

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On the CBS News "Weekend Roundup" with host Allison Keyes, an FDA advisory panel approved Covid-19 booster shots for both Moderna and Johnson & Johnson. At the same time President Biden is trying to mitigate inflation and high prices partly driven by gridlock at the nation's ports. Allison gets the latest on what the president has to say about all of this from CBS's Ed O'Keefe. CBS News Business Analyst Jill Schlesinger discusses the inflation problem with Allison. CBS's Alex Tin has the latest on the decision from the FDA advisory panel. But , CBS's Meg Oliver reports from Montana, that the coronavirus is surging in rural America. The White House says it will lift travel restrictions for fully vaccinated foreign nationals on November 8th for both air travel and land borders. CBS's Adrienne Bard in Mexico City says that announcement hit close to home. There's new guidance from experts on how millions of Americans use aspirin. CBS's Dr. Tara Narula reports. The late Henrietta Lacks, a Black woman at the center of some of the most extraordinary discoveries in medical science, is finally being honored by the World Health Organization for research using her cells without her knowledge or consent. CBS's Elaine Cobbe reports. Kean University in New Jersey is known as one of the top ten most diverse facilities in the Northern U-S. CBS's Lisa Mateo tells us its president moved to make sure the staff reflected the student population. In this week's Kaleidoscope, Allison is joined by Taisha Saintil at the non-profit Haitian Bridge Alliance. She discusses the plight of Haitian migrants trying to make their way from South America to the U-S to seek asylum. Thousands who camped under a bridge on the Southern border are gone -- many of them sent back to Haiti with limited housing, food and water. The actor who played Star Trek's Captain James T-Kirk finally went to space for real. CBS's Peter King tells us it blew William Shatner's mind. CBS's Elise Preston has a story that sounds like a Disney movie, involving a Montana Park Ranger, a little girl and her bear. Finally, Chicago legend, historian and activist Timuel Black, died this week at the age of 102. Allison talks to Chicago Sun-Times Reporter Maudlyne Ihejirika about the life of an elder statesman -- mourned by many, including former President Barack Obama.

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