Doctors urge parents to catch kids up on other shots ahead of COVID-19 vaccine rollout
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With COVID-19 vaccinations on the horizon for children ages 12 to 15 in the United States, pediatricians are concerned about the challenge of getting children up to date on their childhood vaccines, and balancing that with scheduling potential COVID-19 shots.
The US Food and Drug Administration authorized use of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine in 12-15-year-olds on Monday and scheduled a meeting of its outside advisers for June 10 to discuss the potential use of COVID-19 vaccines in younger children.
“We have seen throughout the pandemic that there has been a decline in routine immunizations, and that does concern me greatly as a pediatrician because I know that many children have missed other important vaccines for diseases like measles or whooping cough which, like COVID-19, can be deadly,” Dr. Lisa Costello, a pediatrician at West Virginia University Medicine Childr
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Lawmakers Kraft, Wilson say Inslee’s emergency powers need a check
Published: April 14, 2021, 6:05am
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A push from Southwest Washington’s lawmakers to establish more oversight on Gov. Jay Inslee’s emergency powers has failed to pick up much traction in the current legislative session, and the effort appears on track to die when the session concludes on April 25.
Republican legislators have introduced and sponsored multiple bills and amendments that would strengthen the requirement that Inslee receive approval from the Legislature on his emergency proclamations. While the specifics of those efforts vary, they’re rooted in the same argument: that the powers granted to the state’s executive branch during a crisis aren’t supposed to stretch on for more than a year.
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