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Our View: Long-awaited COVID vaccine for young children is finally here
But parents will have to sift though misinformation and take advantage of this opportunity.
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FDA advisers consider Moderna’s COVID shots for older kids
If the advisory panel endorses the shot and the FDA agrees, it would become the second option for those children, joining Pfizer’s vaccine.
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FDA advisers back Novavax COVID-19 shots as new U.S. option
Studies in the U.S., Mexico and Britain found two doses of the vaccine were safe and about 90% effective.
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First COVID vaccine shots for kids under 5 possible by June 21
White House COVID-19 coordinator Aashish Jha outlined the administration’s planning for the last remaining ineligible age group to get shots.
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Biden receives second booster, presses Congress on virus funds
The president used the occasion Wednesday to call on Congress to pass billions of dollars in additional funding to fight the pandemic.
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FDA authorizes another booster shot of Pfizer or Moderna vaccine for people 50 and older
The question is whether everyone who’s eligible should rush out and get it.
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Moderna says its low-dose COVID-19 shots work for kids younger than 6
Moderna says its COVID-19 vaccine works in babies, toddlers and preschoolers.
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COVID-19 shots found unlikely to prompt inflammation in children
A new analysis shows that vaccines are unlikely to trigger multisystem inflammatory syndrome, a rare complication in kids who have had COVID-19.
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Overwhelmed by uncertainty, families with kids under 5 are on a vaccine roller coaster
Parents of children younger than 5 say they feel forgotten and left behind, watching others reclaim normalcy while they stay at home with kids who are too young to be vaccinated.