The latest The Food and Drug Administration's independent advisory panel issued two major recommendations this week: On Thursday, it recommended people who are 65 or older, or those at particular risk of severe covid-19, should receive another dose of Moderna's mRNA vaccine. Then, on Friday, that panel unanimously advised people 18 and up who received the Johnson & Johnson vaccine should get a second J&J shot, at least two months after the first. Next week, advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will meet to discuss booster shot recommendations. Even nurses have limits. Many are reaching theirs while the pandemic creeps toward the second-year mark. As hospitals remain full of covid patients, morale among nurses is dwindling. "As a profession, we work hard, we do things that we say normal people would never be doing," one nursing school assistant professor told The Post. "But this has been beyond anything anyone could have anticipated." From January to July, Mississippi's pool of nurses shrank by 2,000, as some retired, quit or sought jobs as traveling clinicians. Entry to the United States is about to get a little easier. Pandemic restrictions for international travelers who are fully vaccinated will lift on Nov. 8 for visitors from dozens of countries, including European nations and others. People who arrive by air must show a negative test result as well as proof of vaccination; by land, a negative test isn't required. Despite the hopes of Federal Reserve and White House officials, inflation has shown no sign of abating amid supply chain problems and high case counts. This is what's happening with the economy, in four charts. As you face higher costs, Post personal finance columnist Michelle Singletary has tips to deal with rising consumer prices. Other important news Overseas, coronavirus precautions are evolving: Australia's tough quarantine in Sydney is loosening. Italy, meanwhile, has begun enforcing one of the strictest workplace vaccine mandates around — a move that risks causing protests and strikes. Stress is higher than typical among college students, as the pandemic added more isolation and anxiety to their mental health burden. The Department of Health and Human Services announced $100 million to help fund more health-care workers in underserved areas. More than half a million clinicians and other workers have left health care since February 2020. New chapters of Moms for Liberty, a conservative organization, are popping up across the nation. Its members are self-described "joyful warriors" who target mask mandates and classroom topics that include science and race. | 
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