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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
By Apoorva Mandavilli June 8, 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
By Sarah Mervosh May 13, 2021
By Claire Cain Miller, Kevin Quealy and Margot Sanger-Katz May 15, 2021
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 […]
https://www.wsj.com/articles/pfizer-biontech-ask-fda-for-full-approval-of-covid-19-vaccine-11620415712 By Joseph Walker May 7, 2021 3:28 pm ET The Wall Street Journal (5/7, Subscription Publication) reported Pfizer and BioNTech have asked the FDA for full approval of their COVID-19 vaccine. The companies requested a priority review for the vaccine. The Hill (5/7) reported if the agency gives full approval to the vaccine, it […]
https://www.sciencealert.com/there-s-a-massive-sex-discrepancy-in-who-is-getting-the-hpv-vaccine?emci=29c9a30e-fdab-eb11-85aa-0050f237abef&emdi=8c67cf31-14ac-eb11-85aa-0050f237abef&ceid=8413002 CARLY CASSELLA 30 APRIL 2021 The vaccine for human papillomavirus (HPV) is recommended in the United States for all young people up to age 26 to help prevent certain deadly cancers. Today, even though we know both sexes are at risk from HPV-linked cancers, far fewer young men are getting their jabs compared to […]
https://www.healthcareitnews.com/news/biden-administration-rolls-out-covid-19-vaccine-textline?emci=23015692-d7ac-eb11-85aa-0050f237abef&emdi=6e1ceca3-ddac-eb11-85aa-0050f237abef&ceid=8413002 The service will launch alongside a vaccine finder website and a to-be-released 1-800 number to help connect individuals with appointments in their area. By Kat Jercich May 03, 2021 12:48 PM The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Department of Health and Human Services have rolled out a service allowing people […]
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/05/04/pfizer-pfe-earnings-q1-2021.html PUBLISHED TUE, MAY 4 20216:53 AM EDTUPDATED TUE, MAY 4 202111:07 AM EDT Berkeley Lovelace Jr.@BERKELEYJR KEY POINTS In its earnings report, Pfizer said first-quarter sales of its Covid-19 vaccine was $3.5 billion. Its quarterly earnings and revenue beat Wall Street’s expectations. Pfizer said Tuesday it plans to file for full U.S. approval of […]
Answers to Common Questions about Immigrants’ Access to the COVID-19 Vaccines (The Torch) By Ben D’Avanzo, Katherine Lundie, and Gabrielle Lessard APRIL 12, 2021 People in immigrant communities and advocates have expressed concern about barriers that many people face when attempting to access COVID-19 vaccines. These barriers frequently are related to the concerns immigrants generally […]
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/baby-born-covid-antibodies-moderna-vaccine/ BY SOPHIE LEWIS MARCH 19, 2021 / 6:55 AM / CBS NEWS At 36 weeks pregnant, a South Florida frontline health care worker received her first shot of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine. She gave birth three weeks later to a healthy baby girl — with COVID-19 antibodies Doctors believe the newborn marks the first known case […]
Boosting Vaccine Confidence in Multicultural Patient Communities By Vincent Iannelli, MD / March 7, 2021 / celebrities, countering vaccine hesitancy, COVID-19 vaccine, minority communities, vaccine advocates, vaccine hesitancy For a while now, we have been talking about how some folks have been targeting minority communities with their misinformation about vaccines. “As COVID-19 vaccines begin to roll out, […]
https://www.phillymag.com/news/2021/03/20/philadelphia-measles-outbreak-1991/?utm_campaign=All%20Access&utm_medium=email&_hsmi=117847572&_hsenc=p2ANqtz-8pbTsZq7o3snzgNOekzPav7OyB3hqHVm0KKx0vE0w_NH4Uz4RHqDvAqMxszwrKDfSOEmxDrZ3k8GRHbfbmgBoI6Y7bZg&utm_content=117847572&utm_source=hs_email A look back at the city’s last vaccine crisis — and what we can learn from it today. by VICTOR FIORILLO· 3/20/2021, 9:00 p.m. Bob Ross remembers the moment vividly. The date was January 16, 1991, the same day that then-President George H.W. Bush launched Operation Desert Storm, the second stage of America’s war […]
https://www.voanews.com/science-health/race-produce-covid-vaccine-may-cause-measles-jabs-shortage?emci=fffa6b92-e692-eb11-85aa-00155d43c992&emdi=f3d67276-ef92-eb11-85aa-00155d43c992&ceid=8413002 By Lisa Schlein March 31, 2021 01:59 PM GENEVA – World Health Organization experts fear the race to produce large quantities of COVID-19 vaccine could cut into the supply of global measles vaccines. Critical topics relating to immunization globally were discussed during a regular meeting last week by the Strategic Advisory Group of Experts, […]
https://www.ama-assn.org/delivering-care/public-health/fda-s-vaccine-efforts-expand-developing-public-confidence?emci=67ab4ac8-a46b-eb11-9889-00155d43c992&emdi=c9d212ed-ad6b-eb11-9889-00155d43c992&ceid=8413002 FDA’s vaccine efforts expand to developing public confidence FEB 10, 2021 Scientists at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) have devoted countless hours to ensuring that the COVID-19 vaccines being deployed and those in the development pipeline are safe and effective. But it’s another task being done outside of the lab that’s growing in […]
https://academic.oup.com/cid/advance-article/doi/10.1093/cid/ciab060/6121316?login=true&ACSTrackingID=USCDC_7_3-DM47765&ACSTrackingLabel=CDC%20Test%20a%20New%20Interactive%20Web%20Tool&deliveryName=USCDC_7_3-DM47765 Angela P Campbell, MD, MPH, Constance Ogokeh, MPH, Geoffrey A Weinberg, MD, Julie A Boom, MD, Janet A Englund, MD, John V Williams, MD, Natasha B Halasa, MD, MPH, Rangaraj Selvarangan, PhD, Mary A Staat, MD, MPH, Eileen J Klein, MD, MPH … Show more Clinical Infectious Diseases, ciab060, https://doi.org/10.1093/cid/ciab060 Published: 27 January 2021 Abstract Background The 2019-2020 influenza season was characterized by early onset with […]
