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May 14, 2021 West Des Moines, Iowa (RI) — Iowa’s largest grocery chain is now offering COVID-19 vaccines to young people, ages 12 to 15. Hy-Vee says the Pfizer vaccine is available free, but kids DO need their parents’ consent and a parent needs to accompany them for the shot. Dr. William Ching, a pediatric hospitalist at Unity Point Health St. Luke’s Hospital in Cedar Rapids, says if more children are vaccinated, it will get us closer to herd immunity. Dr. Joel Waddell, a pediatric inf...

Unsplash Iowa doctors are encouraging parents to vaccinate children 12 and older with the authorized Pfizer vaccine. “These things are game changers that will do so much to restore normalcy for our children and our families," pediatric hospitalist William Ching said. Some Iowa doctors have said parents still have many questions about the COVID-19 vaccine, especially now that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends all children 12 and older get the authorized Pfizer vac...

SPM News, 05.21.21, 4:04 The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention today is easing indoor mask-wearing guidance for fully vaccinated people, allowing them to safely stop wearing masks inside most places. The new guidance will still call for wearing masks in crowded indoor settings like buses, planes, hospitals, prisons and homeless shelters, but could ease restrictions for reopening workplaces and schools. Now that Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine has been authorized to be given to children 12 ...