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FDA clears the way for adolescents ages 12 to 15 to get vaccinated
Experts encourage parents to vaccinate their children, but worry some won’t.
ByJillian Kramer
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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration announced today that it will authorize the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for emergency use for people age 12 to 15. The moves makes the Pfizer-BioNTech jab the first authorized for emergency use in adolescents, taking the country another step closer to expanding vaccine access for all Americans.
But the news doesn’t mean parents can instantaneously dash out and vaccinate their teens. A panel of medical experts at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must first meet to review the vaccine’s clinical trial data and issue guidance for its use in adolescents. If the CDC adopts the committee’s recommendations, then states will be free to roll out the vaccine to the designated age group.
Physicians from Emory and Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta are participating in a clinical trial testing Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine in children ages 6 months to less than 12 years. Children are expected to begin enrolling in the trial at the Emory Children’s Center in the coming days.
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ATLANTA – Physicians from Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta and Emory University are participating in a clinical trial testing the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine in children ages 6 months to less than 12 years.
This is the same Moderna mRNA-1273 vaccine that is being distributed nationwide for adults ages 18 and older following an emergency use authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration in December for that age group. The initial phase of the KidCOVE study will test different doses of the vaccine to evaluate safety in a younger population. Children are expected to begin enrolling in the trial at the Emory Children’s Center (ECC) in the coming days.
Dr. Nishant Vatsa is with Emory University and lead author on a recent study showing Black women face a high risk of developing heart disease at an early age. GPB s Ellen Eldridge reports.
Caption Young Black women have a number of risk factors that put them on a trajectory for developing heart disease at a young age, a study finds. These factors include a high prevalence of obesity, and elevated blood pressure. Credit: Unsplash
Researchers find an increased need for early intervention strategies to better educate people about the risks of heart disease after a study found a high prevalence of elevated blood pressure and obesity in young Black women.
May 3, 2021
In mid-March, amidst the continuing pandemic but also mass COVID-19 vaccionations, graduating students at Emory University School of Medicine were matched with medical residencies across the country, at institutions from coast to coast from Seattle to Miami. 124 Emory graduating seniors participated in a match program. Out of that number, 33 will spend all or part of their residency training in the state of Georgia, 26 will begin their training at Emory, and 25 will remain at Emory for their entire residency.
The traditional Match Day event, which normally takes place in the lobby of the School of Medicine, with faculty, family, friends and fellow-students cheering on the seniors, was moved to an all-online event for the second year in a row The rush to the table of envelopes was replaced by a live pre-Match video program, a a special email that hit inboxes promptly at noon, and following the match announcements, an invitation to online spaces where students and facu