Overnight Briefing & General Reality Check - Sep 13, 2021

Weekend reports from the Washington State Poison Center says poisoning cases resulting from people using Ivermectin --that parasite medication for horses-- to treat their COVID-19 infection have tripled in the state. Of course, the CDC has said that using ivermectin is not a valid way to treat COVID, and that it can poison people who use it, but apparently people have rejected the explanation from the government.

More COVID stuff: Some good news for folks with small children --Reuters says health officials now believe that Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine may be approved for children ages 5 to 11 by the end of October. White House chief medical advisor Dr. ANTHONY FAUCI says the Moderna vaccine, which is taking a lot longer to compile data for the same age group, could be available for youngsters in November.

Another Hurricane is on its way -- the forecasters at the National Hurricane Center in Miami say Tropical Storm Nicholas is headed for Texas, Mexico and Louisiana through the middle of the week... Nicholas is the 14th named storm of this year's hurricane season. There've been only four other years since 1966 which have had 14 or more named storms by this time.

Sad news for BACKSTREET BOYS fans. The group announced Friday that they would be cancelling their upcoming Las Vegas holiday shows and also postponing this year's upcoming Christmas album until 2022.

Cheat Sheet: E! Online reports KYLIE JENNER, JENNIFER LAWRENCE and OLIVIA MUNN are all pregnant. And KIRSTEN DUNST told the NY Times on Friday that she gave birth to a second son named James Robert with JESSE PLEMONS four months ago. “I’m so tired, I haven’t slept through the night in four months,” she said. “I’ve developed an eye twitch, too. Yeah, I’m in a really special place.”

Got a car seat you'd like to get rid of since your baby no longer needs it? The folks at Target are doing their car seat trade-in for the next two weeks through September 25th. And --in exchange for your old seat, you'll get a coupon for 20-percent off a new car seat, car seat base, travel system, stroller or select baby home gear, which includes playards, high chairs, swings, rockers and bouncers. Target says since their first car seat trade-in program back in 2016, they've been able to recycle 22.2 million pounds of car seats.

Of course, the MTV Video Music Awards were last night... too late for my deadline. Look for info on the winners elsewhere here in All Access.