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May 12, 2021
A federal advisory panel is recommending that Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine be administered to adolescents between 12 and 15 years old, making it the first shot available to those under 16.
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The green light granted Wednesday afternoon by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention s vaccine advisory panel is expected to be affirmed swiftly by the agency s top officials.
The Food and Drug Administration also gave its authorization this week, and many states have waited to expand vaccinations until the CDC signed off. Several, including Georgia, did begin vaccinating the younger age group immediately after Monday s FDA authorization, while other states began scheduling appointments so they could begin putting shots in arms as soon as the CDC took action.
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The CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) on Wednesday recommended the Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for adolescents ages 12 to 15 under emergency use authorization (EUA).
In a 14-0 vote with one abstention, the committee agreed on the interim recommendation for the COVID-19 vaccine for this population.
The committee was fully convinced by safety and efficacy data presented by the sponsor, as well as immunobridging studies showing non-inferior immunogenicity among vaccinated adolescents (ages 12-15) versus vaccinated young people (ages 16-25). In addition, phase II/III studies found zero cases of COVID-19 from 7 days following the second dose in the vaccinated group versus 18 cases in the placebo group.
River Wilson, who was born four months premature in November, spent 169 days at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center in Winston-Salem. He was considered what is called a micro-preemie because
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River Wilson spent the first 169 days of his life in the
neonatal intensive care unit at Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center
in Winston-Salem because he was born premature. The hospital has
the regionâs only Level IV NICU, which has experts who provide
specialized care for babies born as young as 22 weeks gestational
age, the hospital said.
GREENSBORO â He came into this world a few centimeters shorter than an average-sized Barbie doll. His mother couldnât hold him for the first month of his life. Thirty-two days to be exact.
The medical term is micro-preemie for babies born before 26 weeks gestation or weighing less than 1 pound, 12 ounces, although to parents Jessica and Hayden Wilson, their River â at 1 pound, 11 ounces â was just a tinier bundle of preciousness.