Cases of COVID-19 in England underwent a steep rise in the first half of December when the Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2 began to spread rapidly, according to a new preliminary analysis. However, large reductions in infection were seen in secondary school children and older adults between 23 November and 14 […]
After a brief lull in activity, weekly COVID-19 cases in children returned to the upward trend that began in early November, based on data from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association. Vaccinations in children, however, continued to do the opposite by falling for the fourth consecutive […]
After a brief lull in activity, weekly COVID-19 cases in children returned to the upward trend that began in early November, based on data from the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association. Vaccinations in children, however, continued to do the opposite by falling for the fourth consecutive […]
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As children aged 5-11 years began to receive the first officially approved doses of COVID-19 vaccine, new pediatric cases increased after 8 consecutive weeks of declines, according to the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association. Reported cases of COVID-19 in children totaled over 107,000 for the week […]
US health regulators are recommending that children aged 5-11 can receive Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine. Now that the first COVID-19 vaccine has been recommended for children as young as 5, how confident are you about vaccinating your own children? Question 1 of 7 How confident are you that the COVD-19 vaccine is […]
Parents and Caregivers: CDC recommends that all children ages 5 and up get vaccinated against COVID-19. Vaccination is over 90% effective at helping prevent COVID-19 in kids and is an important tool to help stop this pandemic. Get answers to your questions about COVID-19 vaccination for kids. Vaccines for Kids […]
Today, CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, M.D., M.P.H., endorsed the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ (ACIP) recommendation that children 5 to 11 years old be vaccinated against COVID-19 with the Pfizer-BioNTech pediatric vaccine. CDC now expands vaccine recommendations to about 28 million children in the United States in this age group and allows providers to begin vaccinating them as soon as possible. COVID-19 […]
COVID IS LESS SEVERE IN CHILDREN, SO SHOULD I STILL GET MY CHILD VACCINATED? Yes. Even though the illness is mild for most of them, if you have millions of children being infected, some of them are going to be hospitalized. Some of them are going to end up in […]
Children who contract a mild case of COVID-19 may not develop antibodies to the virus afterward, a study from Australia suggests. Researchers compared 57 children and 51 adults with mild COVID-19 or asymptomatic infections. Only 37% of children appeared to develop antibodies, compared to 76% of adults – even though […]
