On Nov. 2, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that COVID-19 vaccinations be given to children as young as 5. Pediatricians' offices, pharmacies and health systems are preparing to offer the Pfizer-BioNTech ...
Nov 9, 2021
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Moderna has applied to the European Union's medicine regulator for approval of its COVID-19 vaccine for children aged six to 11, the US biotechnology company announced Tuesday.
Nov 9, 2021
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The success of medical research has been one of the few positives of the COVID pandemic. The effectiveness of vaccines in preventing deaths (see graph above), is particularly impressive given the short time in which they ...
Nov 8, 2021
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US company Ocugen announced Friday that it had asked authorities for emergency use authorization for COVID-19 vaccine Covaxin, which was developed in India, for ages 2 to 18.
Nov 6, 2021
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A COVID-19 vaccine has finally arrived for children ages 5 to 11—and with it, some important questions from parents.
Nov 5, 2021
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(HealthDay)—An infection that can disable and kill stalks the land, but a brand-new vaccine offers hope that almost everyone, kids included, can evade it. After scientific testing, a nationwide rollout of the vaccine begins.
Nov 2, 2021
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New research presented this week at ACR Convergence, the American College of Rheumatology's annual meeting, shows immunocompromised patients using rituximab (a drug used to treat diseases like rheumatoid arthritis) were able ...
Nov 2, 2021
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New research presented this week at ACR Convergence, the American College of Rheumatology's annual meeting, shows that the COVID-19 vaccine was not associated with severe disease flares in patients with rheumatic diseases. ...
Nov 1, 2021
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U.S. regulators are delaying their decision on Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine for 12- to 17-year-olds while they study the rare risk of heart inflammation, the company said Sunday.
Nov 1, 2021
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On October 29, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave emergency authorization for a child-size dose of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for use in kids ages five to 11. Some 28 million children could be eligible by early ...
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