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Photo provided by Beaumont Health Beaumont offers Pfizer vaccine for ages 12-15 Beaumont Hospital, Troy, pediatric nurse practitioner Sarah Rauner places a pin on the shirt of her son, Koby Rauner, 14, after he received the Pfizer vaccine May 13. Photo provided by Beaumont Health Advertisement METRO DETROIT — After being one of the first children to receive her first dose of the COVID-19 Pfizer vaccine at the Beaumont Service Center, in Southfield, Megan Sims, 13, now wants to advocate for ot...

With the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Preventions approval Wednesday of Pfizers COVID-19 vaccines for those age 12 to 15, just under 500,000 more people in Michigan are now eligible for the vaccine, said Dr. Joneigh Khaldun, Michigans chief deputy director for health and a mother of two children. And, Khaldun said, children also can get other vaccinations at the same time as they get their COVID-19 shot with their medical provider. On Thursday, parents and teens headed out to vaccinat...

View Comments Southfield — Megan Sims, 13, said she screamed when she heard she was now eligible to get a COVID-19 vaccine.  "I went downstairs and told my mom and dad They approved it!" she said. "I was so excited." Megan was among the first group of Metro Detroit teens to get the first dose of Pfizers COVID-19 vaccine Thursday through Beaumont Health, a day after U.S. health officials endorsed use of the vaccine in kids as young as 12 and Michigan health officials followed suit.  She g...