ABC News (7/29) reports, “With the COVID-19 delta variant surge once again prompting the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to recommend masks indoors for teachers and other vaccinated school employees, many parents are left wondering if the new landscape of the pandemic means it’s safe for their still-unvaccinated young children to return to school […]
Reuters (7/29) reports the CDC “said on Thursday that 69.3% of U.S. counties had transmission rates of COVID-19 high enough to warrant indoor masking in public spaces and should immediately resume the policy.” That figure represents an increase from 66.6% on Wednesday. Overall, “52.2% of U.S. counties have high COVID-19 community transmission rates and 17.1% […]
Forbes (7/29) reports, “While it is still extremely rare for children to become seriously ill or die from COVID-19,” some “major children’s hospitals in Alabama, Arkansas, Louisiana and Florida – states that have been battling a broader increase in hospitalizations – all said this week they have more children in their care than at any […]
BY KATHRYN WATSON UPDATED ON: AUGUST 2, 2021 / 7:18 PM / CBS NEWS https://www.cbsnews.com/news/covid-19-vaccine-70-percent-adults-goal-white-house/?emci=d6e6b989-52f4-eb11-b563-501ac57b8fa7&emdi=5e88b8e8-5ef4-eb11-b563-501ac57b8fa7&ceid=9865539
By Sarah Molano, CNN Updated 12:16 AM ET, Mon July 26, 2021 https://us.cnn.com/2021/07/26/health/children-covid-vaccine-pediatrician-wellness/index.html
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2021/07/22/common-cold-covid-difference/8044120002/
July 15, 2021 Georgetown University of Health Policy Urgent Action Needed to Catch Up on Routine Childhood Vaccinations
By Madeline Holcombe and Theresa Waldrop, CNN Updated 8:28 PM ET, Tue July 20, 2021 https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/20/health/us-coronavirus-tuesday/index.html
By Christina Maxouris, CNN Updated 6:41 PM ET, Thu July 22, 2021 https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/20/health/covid-children-cases-schools-reopening/index.html
June 25, 2021 Gov. Wolf: 75 Percent of Pennsylvanians Have Received First COVID-19 Vaccination
By Emily Anthes July 7, 2021
https://www.tctmd.com/news/papers-probe-temporal-link-between-covid-19-vaccines-and-myocarditis Researchers stressed that the risks are small, and that the benefit of vaccination far outweighs concerns about myocarditis. byMichael O’Riordan JUNE 17, 2021
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/06/10/childhood-vaccination-falloff-increased-risk-disease-outbreaks/ By Lena H. Sun June 10, 2021 at 1:01 p.m. EDT
Issue 1,571: June 8, 2021 https://www.immunize.org/express/issue1571.asp
By Kayla Rivas | Fox News https://www.foxnews.com/health/unvaccinated-kids-masks-pediatrics-group Kids aged 2 and older who are ineligible for, or have yet to complete, COVID-19 vaccinations should continue to wear masks, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics, in line with guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine is authorized for use […]
PUBLISHED WED, MAY 19 20212:24 PM EDTUPDATED WED, MAY 19 20216:19 PM EDT Rich Mendez https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/19/cdc-expects-covid-vaccine-data-on-pregnant-women-this-summer-and-kids-under-12-by-this-fall.html
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By Jason Hanna, CNN Updated 1:40 PM ET, Thu May 6, 2021 https://us.cnn.com/2021/05/06/health/kaiser-coronavirus-vaccine-survey/index.html False stories on vaccine are rampant in an unexpected place 06:00 (CNN)As Covid-19 vaccine manufacturers try to get their shots authorized for younger children in the US, less than a third of parents say they would get their child vaccinated as soon […]
By Jacqueline Howard and Virginia Langmaid, CNN Updated 11:51 AM ET, Tue May 18, 2021 https://us.cnn.com/2021/05/14/health/covid-19-vaccines-teens-parental-consent-wellness/index.html (CNN)Nearly all states require some form of parental or guardian consent for vaccine providers to administer Covid-19 shots to people ages 12 to 15, a CNN analysis finds. But there are a few exceptions. Five states — Alabama, Iowa, […]
Pediatrics Official Journal of the American Academy of Pediatrics https://pediatrics.aappublications.org/content/pediatrics/early/2021/05/11/peds.2021-052336.full.pdf COVID-19 Vaccines in Children and Adolescents Committee on Infectious Diseases DOI: 10.1542/peds.2021-052336 Journal: Pediatrics Article Type: AAP Policy Statement Citation: Committee on Infectious Diseases. COVID-19 vaccines in children and adolescents. Pediatrics. 2021; doi: 10.1542/peds.2021-052336
https://services.aap.org/en/news-room/news-releases/aap/2021/american-academy-of-pediatrics-calls-for-children-and-teens-age-12-and-up-to-get-the-covid-19-vaccine/ For Release: 5/12/2021 Media Contact: Lisa Black 630-626-6084 lblack@aap.org Itasca, Ill.— In a new policy statement published today, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) recommends vaccinating all children ages 12 and older who are eligible for the federally authorized COVID-19 vaccine. The AAP policy statement comes amid a discussion by the Advisory Committee on […]
May 10, 2021 FDA NEWS RELEASE https://www.fda.gov/news-events/press-announcements/coronavirus-covid-19-update-fda-authorizes-pfizer-biontech-covid-19-vaccine-emergency-use Today, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration expanded the emergency use authorization (EUA) for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine for the prevention of coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) to include adolescents 12 through 15 years of age. The FDA amended the […]
By Noah Weiland April 30, 2021 Federal health officials said Friday that more than 100 million people in the United States had been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus, a milestone that represents almost 40 percent of the nation’s adults. But concern continues to build among health officials over reaching more people who have not received […]