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WASHINGTON — The cam-paign to vaccinate young childrenin the United States against thecoronavirus will not look like theadult version. There will be nomass inoculation sites. Pediat-ricians will be enlisted to helpwork with parents. Even the vials— and the needles to administerdoses — will be smaller.
Biden administration officials,anticipating that regulators willmake the vaccines available to 5-to 11-year-olds in the comingweeks, laid out plans on Wednes-day to ensure that some 25,000 pe-diatric or primary care offices,thousands of pharmacies, andhundreds of school and ruralhealth clinics will be ready to ad-minister shots if the vaccine re-ceives federal authorization.
The campaign aims to fulfill theunique needs of 28 million people
in the United States, largely still inelementary school, while absorb-ing the lessons from the rollout ofvaccines to other age groups. The5-to-11 range has far more mem-bers than the teenage cohort al-ready approved to receive thevaccine.
“Kids have different needs thanadults, and our operational plan-ning is geared to meet those spe-cific needs, including by offeringvaccinations in settings that par-ents and kids are familiar withand trust,” President Biden’s co-
U.S. DETAILS PLANFOR VACCINATINGCHILDREN 5 TO 11
CLINICS, NOT MASS SITES
Expecting Authorization, Officials Use Lessons
From Past Rollout
By KATIE ROGERS
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The administration hopes toinoculate 28 million children.
SHAWN ROCCO/DUKE HEALTH, VIA REUTERS
Surgeons in New York have suc-cessfully attached a kidney grownin a genetically altered pig to a hu-man patient and found that the or-gan worked normally, a scientificbreakthrough that one day mayyield a vast new supply of organsfor severely ill patients.
Researchers have long soughtto grow organs in pigs that aresuitable for transplantation intohumans. Technologies likecloning and genetic engineeringhave brought that vision closer toreality in recent years, but testingthese experimental organs in hu-mans has presented daunting eth-ical questions.
So surgeons at N.Y.U. LangoneHealth took an astonishing step:With the family’s consent, they at-tached the pig’s kidney to a brain-dead patient who was kept aliveon a ventilator, and then followedthe body’s response while takingmeasures of the kidney’s function.It is the first operation of its kind.
The researchers tracked the re-sults for just 54 hours, and manyquestions remained to be an-swered about the long-term con-sequences of such an operation.The procedure will not be avail-able to patients any time soon, asthere are significant medical andregulatory hurdles to overcome.
Still, experts in the field hailedthe surgery as a milestone.
“This is a huge breakthrough,”said Dr. Dorry Segev, a professorof transplant surgery at JohnsHopkins School of Medicine whowas not involved in the research.
BreakthroughOn Pig OrgansIn Transplants
By RONI CARYN RABIN
A surgical team in New York last month examining a pig kidney attached to the body of a brain-dead recipient for signs of rejection.JOE CARROTTA/N.Y.U. LANGONE HEALTH, VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS
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WASHINGTON — As he triesto steer his party toward a vast,once-in-a-generation investmentin social programs, President Bi-den is paring back his ambitionsfor clean energy, access to collegeand help for families.
The president proposed aban-doning his signature campaignpromise of two years of free com-munity college, according to peo-ple who attended White Housemeetings with Democratic law-makers and others who had beenbriefed on them. He conceded thatnegotiators would dump a cleanelectricity program spurned bySenate centrists. He raised theidea of limiting an extension ofpayments to families with chil-dren to one year. And he said thelength of federal paid leave couldshrink.
In response to steadfast opposi-tion from Senator KyrstenSinema, Democrat of Arizona, Mr.Biden’s team is now also wrestlingwith how to pay for trillions of dol-lars in spending without relyingon increases in the corporate orindividual income tax rates.
Pursuing a legacy-makingachievement, Mr. Biden has beena mediator, a listener and at timesan exasperated negotiator, ac-cording to people familiar with thedozens of closed-door discussions,Zoom meetings and many late-night telephone calls with Demo-cratic lawmakers.
For the president — the man inthe middle — the goal is to find away to reach a deal, even if thatfeels like betrayal and brokenpromises to some on both sides.
In meetings with progressives,he has coaxed them away from ex-pansive programs with sky-highprice tags. With moderates, he hasacknowledged their concernsabout an overreaching govern-ment even as he has nudged themtoward supporting trillions of dol-lars in new spending and tax cuts.And in public, he has pushed hisoriginal agenda while conceding itwill be pared back.
Rep. Pramila Jayapal of Wash-ington, the Democratic leader ofHouse progressives, describedthe discussions as “conversa-tional,” but said the president was
Biden AdjustsPolicy AgendaTo Reach Deal
College Initiatives andEnergy Are on Line
This article is by Michael D.Shear, Emily Cochrane and JimTankersley.
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FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — Onehumid day this summer, BrianLong, a senior executive at thechemical company Chemours,took a reporter on a tour of theFayetteville Works factory.
Mr. Long showed off the plant’snew antipollution technologies,designed to stop a chemical calledGenX from pouring into the CapeFear River, escaping into the airand seeping into the ground wa-ter.
There was a new high-tech fil-tration system. And a new ther-
mal oxidizer, which heats waste to2,000 degrees. And an under-ground wall — still under con-struction — to keep the chemicalsout of the river. And more.
“They’re not Band-Aids,” Mr.Long said. “They’re long-term, ro-bust solutions.”
Weeks later, North Carolina offi-cials announced that Chemours
had exceeded limits on how muchGenX its Fayetteville factory wasemitting. This month, the statefined the company $300,000 forthe violations — the second timethis year the company has beenpenalized by the state’s envi-ronmental regulator.
GenX is part of a family ofchemicals called per- and polyflu-oroalkyl substances, or PFAS.They allow everyday items — fry-ing pans, rain jackets, pizza boxes— to repel water, grease andstains. Exposure to the chemicalshas been linked to cancer andother serious health problems.
Chemical Giant Escaped Paying for Its PollutionBy DAVID GELLESand EMILY STEEL
Chemours Has Gone toExtreme Lengths to
Avoid Liability
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MANDATE New York City told itsworkers to get the vaccine or losetheir paychecks. PAGE A17
Complaints about helicopters havesoared, as the pandemic changed therhythms of New York City. PAGE A11
NATIONAL A11-19, 22
Thwup, Thwup, ThwupThomas Forster, named principal danc-er at Ballet Theater, is making his NewYork debut in “Giselle.” PAGE C1
ARTS C1-8
Limbering Up, and DownKendall Werts often plucks clients fromniche corners of the internet whenthey’re young and on the verge of doinggreater things. PAGE D5
THURSDAY STYLES D1-6
A Talent Agent to Watch
As facilities in several states wait forfederal guidelines on vaccine mandates,many of their workers are still notimmunized. “I just feel like a sittingduck,” one resident said. PAGE B1
BUSINESS B1-6
Doses Lag at Nursing HomesA U.N. report warns that global inten-tions to expand extraction of oil, naturalgas and coal clash sharply with pledgesto fight climate change. PAGE A6
INTERNATIONAL A4-10
Fossil Fuel Plans Hinder Goals
A consumer protection case in Wash-ington that grew out of the CambridgeAnalytica scandal could expose Face-book’s chief executive to financial andother penalties. PAGE B1
Zuckerberg Is Cited in LawsuitAs an Egyptian court swore in 98 wom-en, a glass ceiling cracked. But thejudges say it’s still a man’s club. PAGE A8
Still Hearing ‘No Girls’ in Egypt
An artist named Nullbureau has beenreplicating the ’80s street art of RichardHambleton across New York. PAGE C1
Seeing His ShadowmanBackers of the legislation said theywere not giving up as they shifted to theneed to “restore” the Senate. PAGE A15
Seeking Path on Voting BillCritics said the system for evaluatingdementia in concussion cases discrimi-nated against Black players. PAGE B7
SPORTS B7-10, 12
N.F.L. Makes Race a Nonfactor
Gail Collins PAGE A21
OPINION A20-21
When Nabila was a judge in Af-ghanistan’s Supreme Court, shegranted divorces to women whosehusbands were sometimes jailedfor assaulting or kidnappingthem. Some of the men threatenedto kill her after they had servedtheir time, she said.
In mid-August, as the Talibanpoured into Kabul and seized
power, hundreds of prisonerswere set free. Men once sentencedin Nabila’s courtroom wereamong them, according to thejudge. Like the other women in-terviewed for this article, her fullname has been withheld for herprotection.
Within days, Nabila said, shebegan receiving death threat callsfrom former prisoners. Shemoved out of her house in Kabul
and went into hiding as she soughtways to leave Afghanistan withher husband and three youngdaughters.
“I lost my job and now I can’teven go outside or do anything
freely because I fear these freedprisoners,” Nabila said by phonefrom a safe house. “A dark futureis awaiting everyone in Afghani-stan, especially female judges.”
More than 200 female judges re-main in Afghanistan, many ofthem under threat and in hiding,according to the International As-sociation of Women Judges. Tal-iban officials have recovered their
In Afghanistan, Former Judges Are on the Run for Being FemaleBy DAVID ZUCCHINO Terrified of Being Killed
for Sentencing Men
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CHICAGO — The Massachu-setts Institute of Technology invit-ed the geophysicist Dorian Abbotto give a prestigious public lecturethis autumn. He seemed a naturalchoice, a scientific star who stud-ies climate change and whetherplanets in distant solar systemsmight harbor atmospheres con-ducive to life.
Then a swell of angry resist-ance arose. Some faculty mem-bers and graduate students ar-gued that Dr. Abbot, a professor atthe University of Chicago, had cre-ated harm by speaking outagainst aspects of affirmative ac-tion and diversity programs. Invideos and opinion pieces, Dr. Ab-bot, who is white, has assertedthat such programs treat “peopleas members of a group rather
than as individuals, repeating themistake that made possible theatrocities of the 20th century.” Hesaid that he favored a diverse poolof applicants selected on merit.
He said that his planned lectureat M.I.T. would have made nomention of his views on affirma-tive action. But his opponents inthe sciences argued he repre-sented an “infuriating,” “inappro-priate” and oppressive choice.
On Sept. 30, M.I.T. reversedcourse. The head of its earth, at-mospheric and planetary sciencesdepartment called off Dr. Abbot’slecture, to be delivered to profes-sors, graduate students and thepublic, including some top Blackand Latino high school students.
“Besides freedom of speech, we
Science, Ideology and PoliticsJostle in the Halls of Academia
By MICHAEL POWELL
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POOL PHOTO BY CRAIG RUTTLE
Eric Adams, left, and Curtis Sliwa in their first one-on-one New York City mayoral debate. Page A18.Making Their Pitches, With a Few Jabs
BOOSTERS Extra doses wereauthorized for both the Modernaand J. & J. vaccines. PAGE A17
TAXES Democrats are backingaway from raising rates to pay forthe Biden agenda. PAGE A22
BLACK COLLEGES A rift is formingover cuts in aid being proposed inthe Democrats’ bill. PAGE A14
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