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CDC Backs Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine For 12- To 15-Year-Olds NEW YORK CITY (dpa-AFX) - The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has endorsed the safety and effectiveness of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine and its use in 12- through 15-year-old adolescents following the recommendation of its independent advisory committee. The recommendation from the CDC comes close on the heels of the U.S. Food and Drug Administrations decision on Monday to authorize the emergency use of the va...

Health departments get ready to expand vaccine age Samantha McDaniel-Ogletree, smcdaniel@myjournalcourier.com FacebookTwitterEmail While many health departments are vaccinating their county’s population of those 16 and older, they may soon be adding a new age group to the rotation after the Food and Drug Administration approved an emergency use for those 12 to 15 of the Pfizer vaccine. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices approved th...

CDC: Fully vaccinated dont need to wear masks inside FacebookTwitterEmail Haven City Health Department RN Robb Blocker prepares a dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at a COVID-19 vaccine clinic for people 16+ at Hill Regional Career High School in New Haven on April 15, 2021.Arnold Gold / Hearst Connecticut Media The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention drastically eased its COVID-19 recommendations, now saying that people who are fully vaccinated no longer need to wear masks inside and ...

Gov. Ned Lamont said Thursday the state will follow the CDC guidance and not require...

RACINE — Natalia Taft waves her arms in the air, relief and joy washing over her masked face after the needle that had been carrying a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is pulled from her 12-year-old daughter’s arm. Natalia Taft waves her arms in the air after her daughter gets her first COVID-19 vaccine Thursday morning at Festival Hall. ADAM ROGAN, When Natalia and her daughter, Lydia, arrived at Festival Hall a little before noon Thursday, mere hours after Pfizer vacc...

Shelton teen first in his age group to get COVID vaccine from St. Vincents FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 13-year old Matthew Loiz, of Shelton, receives a COVID-19 vaccination shot from nurse Mo Blees at the mass vaccination clinic Sacred Heart University’s West Campus, in Fairfield, Conn. May 13, 2021.Ned Gerard / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less 2of3 13-year old Matthew Loiz, of Shelton, gets a band aid after receiving a COVID-19 vaccination shot from nurse Mo Blees at the mass vaccina...

As the FDA has approved the Pfizer vaccine for children aged 12 to 15, health experts say...

CDC: Nearly 46 percent of CT is fully vaccinated FacebookTwitterEmail 1of3 Stamfords Jose Virella gets vaccinated by Mary Ann Llinas at the Community Health Centers walk-in COVID-19 vaccination clinic at Cove Island Park in Stamford, Conn. Sunday, May 2, 2021. CCH provided patients with the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine Sunday with no appointment necessary.Tyler Sizemore / Hearst Connecticut MediaShow MoreShow Less 2of3 FILE - In this April 26, 2021, file photo, CREC Academy of Aerospac...

NEW YORK (AP) — Children ages 12 and older can now roll up their sleeves for COVID-19...

The Huron County Health Department and others around the state are ready and waiting for...