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Pfizer shots protect kids from severe COVID even in omicron
Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine gave children 5 and older strong protection against hospitalization and death even during the omicron surge that hit youngsters especially hard, U.S. health officials reported Tuesday.
When a health reporter’s kids caught COVID, the system’s glaring faults suddenly became personal
I spoke too soon in a recent column, when I wrote how I hoped my family wouldn’t have to deal with remote learning again. A few days later, my two daughters were back home, attending class from their devices, having tested positive for COVID-19.
COVID-19 shots unlikely to prompt rare inflammation in kids
COVID-19 vaccines are unlikely to trigger a rare inflammatory condition linked to coronavirus infection in children, according to an analysis of U.S. government data published Tuesday.
EXPLAINER: COVID vaccines for kids under 5: What’s next?
Parents who thought their children under 5 would have to wait several more months for COVID-19 vaccinations instead just might get them as early as March. Here’s what needs to happen first, and some things to expect if they do become available in the U.S.
Pfizer asks FDA to allow COVID-19 vaccine for kids under 5
Pfizer on Tuesday asked the U.S. to authorize extra-low doses of its COVID-19 vaccine for children under 5, potentially opening the way for the very youngest Americans to start receiving shots as early as March.
