Washington health leaders urge patience as they await Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine to be OK d for teens
The FDA’s emergency use authorization is one of three hurdles standing in the way of administering COVID-19 vaccines to kids 12 and up in Washington state. Author: Steve Soliz Updated: 7:16 PM PDT May 11, 2021
SEATTLE While parents across the state work to get COVID-19 vaccines for their teenagers, the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) is asking people to be patient as they wait for further guidance.
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) expanded the emergency use authorization for Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine for kids between the ages of 12 and 15 this week. But the DOH is waiting for similar guidance from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the Western States Scientific Safety Review Workgroup before giving their blessing to local providers to start administering doses to teens.
California set to expand Pfizer vaccine for children ages 12 to 15
By Don Thompson article
A person receives a COVID-19 vaccine in a file image. (Photo by: Jose More/VWPics/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California is nearing approval of Pfizer’s coronavirus vaccine for its 2.1 million children ages 12 to 15, state health officials said Tuesday, one day after the federal government expanded its use.
Nationally and in California, the shots are set to begin Thursday after a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention vaccine advisory committee issues recommendations Wednesday for using the two-dose vaccine in children as young as 12.
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Washington state health officials are expected to give an update on COVID-19 during a virtual briefing Wednesday at 8:15 a.m. Author: KING 5 Staff Updated: 8:16 AM PDT May 12, 2021
Seattle partners with businesses to offer COVID-19 vaccine incentives
The city of Seattle is partnering with local businesses to offer people free stuff in exchange for receiving a COVID-19 vaccine.
Seattle Fire has already partnered with Dick s Drive-In to offer free cheeseburgers for those who show up for their vaccine at the pop-up clinic there. Husky s Deli in West Seattle will offer its popular ice cream to the first 50 people who get their vaccine at the pop-up clinic this Saturday.
HEREâS WHAT ELSE IS HAPPENING:
NEW YORKâU.S. health advisers have endorsed use of Pfizerâs COVID-19 vaccine in kids as young as 12.
The Food and Drug Administration earlier in the week cleared the expanded use of Pfizerâs shots, citing evidence the shots worked as well in those 12 to 15 years old as those 16 and older.
Kids in some places are already rolling up their sleeves.
But much of the nation was waiting for Wednesdayâs recommendations from advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Many states will be shipping doses to pediatricians and even to schools.