CDC committee recommends adding COVID-19 vaccine to childhood immunization scheduleThe CDC's vaccine advisory committee voted Thursday to approve the addition of COVID-19 vaccines to the recommended childhood immunization schedule.Andrew RhoadesInfectious Disease News...
Children 6 months and older, as well as adults, should get the Covid vaccine, plus boosters, when they are eligible for it, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices said in an unanimous vote. The CDC's advisory committee meets every year to review the vaccination schedule and make...
By now, nearly all Americans have had a COVID infection, gotten a COVID vaccine or both, but the updated vaccines offer a timely boost as immunity wanes and the virus continues to evolve, the CDC said. "Professionals and the public in general do not understand how much this virus has mu...
FILE PHOTO: A 4-year-old receives a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine for children under five years old at Skippack Pharmacy in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, U.S., June 21, 2022. REUTERS/Hannah Beier/File Photo By Mariam Sunny and Christy Santhosh (Reuters) -The...
U.S. health advisers endorsed use of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine in kids as young as 12 on Wednesday — just as planned new guidelines say it’s OK for people of any age to get a coronavirus shot at the same time as other needed vaccinations. The shots wi
"Covid in children leads to missed school for themselves and their communities," Oliver said. "And wide use of an effective vaccine would reduce the public health burden of Covid in children 5 through 11 years of age." — Robert Towey ...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended a second dose of the 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccine, administered 6 months after the first dose, for people aged 65 years or older and individuals who are immunocompromised. Additional doses of the vaccine can maximize protecti...
This recommendation reinforces the use of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine as an important tool in the pandemic and provides another vaccine option for children and adolescents, said the CDC in a statement. Previously, the Moderna vaccine was already recommended for use in children 6 months through 5...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's outside vaccine advisers voted unanimously Thursday to expand their recommendations for Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine to virtually all ages of children, adding the first alternative to Pfizer's shots for millions of adolescents and school-age kids. On...
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisers voted to recommend Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for children as young as 5. Meg Oliver shares more.