Vaccines
Commentary
Q&A: Meeting the challenge of giving COVID vaccines to younger kids
Pediatric experts share best practices for meeting the challenges of immunizing children aged 5-11 years.
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FDA authorizes Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for kids
As soon as the CDC’s director signs off on those recommendations, children can get the shots, perhaps as early as Nov. 3.
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CDC: Urgency remains to vaccinate children
"There's urgency because we're seeing disease in children, we've seen deaths in children, we've seen long COVID," CDC Director Rochelle Walensky,...
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Cervical cancer mortality stagnates despite screening
Greater effort is needed to identify women who develop cervical cancer and diversify clinical trials.
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Unvaccinated pregnant women have more severe COVID
After the Delta variant became dominant, both the number and severity of cases increased, and after August 2021, more than 25% of pregnant women...
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FDA panel votes to approve Pfizer’s vaccine for children
If the FDA follows the recommendation, as it typically does, ...the shots could be available within days.
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White House announces vaccination plans for younger children
The shots could be available in early November.
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National Academies issue guidance for childhood COVID-19 vaccines
Even though the COVID-19 vaccine has not yet been authorized for young children, local, state, and national leaders can begin now in getting the...
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States can reserve COVID shots for kids 5-11 this week
Ages 5-11 will need a 10-microgram dose, which is one-third of the dose administered to ages 12 and older.
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Few JAK inhibitor users have diminished immune response to COVID-19 vaccines
Most patients taking JAK inhibitors had seemingly adequate immune responses based on serologic assessment of detectable antibodies, but those...