Ours was one of two COVID-19 vaccine clinical research trial sites in the Pittsburgh area and one of more than 100 sites across the U.S. that have participated in this effort through theCOVID-19 Prevention Network, which was formed by the National Institutes of Health to combat the spread...
Approval of the COVID vaccine for kids also would come as hospital ICUs across the country continue to fill up with largely unvaccinated COVID-19 patients—a problem made worse by increasing burnout among health care workers. But new cases have started to taper off nationally, down about 18%...
Results of a new multicenter study published in the New England Journal of Medicine found that vaccination with a primary series of the Pfizer-BioNTech mRNA COVID-19 vaccine reduced the risk of COVID-19-associated hospitalizations in children ages 5-11 years by two-thirds during the Omicron ...
Pfizer last weektoldthe public and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) its new experimental COVID vaccine is safe for young children. It’s a familiar story, similar to one the vaccine maker told in the past about another drug it tested on children — a story...
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RYAZAN, November 6. /TASS/. The incidence of COVID-19 among kids is rising, Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko said during a working trip to Russia’s Ryazan Region on Saturday, adding that a Sputnik V-based vaccine has been developed for protecting children, with its expertise nearing...
The FDA’s decision to expand eligibility for the Pfizer vaccine to young kids could mean less illness, safer school and more freedom
Why do kids need a Covid-19 vaccine? On a community level, a kid who catches Covid-19 has the potential to spread that virus to the adults in their life who may not have gotten vaccinated yet. Some people can’t get vaccinated because of their immune systems or because they have a...
As more and more children are eligible to receive the COVID-19 vaccine, one healthcare professional and mother is embracing the questions she knows they will inevitably have. Nicole Peterson, PA-C, a physician assistant at Carle Foundation Hospital's emergency department in Urbana, Illinois, is...
He said it may take a few days for the vaccines to arrive across the country and vaccine appointments to be widespread. FILE - A nurse administers a pediatric dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to a girl at a L.A. Care Health Plan vaccination clinic at Los Angeles Mission ...