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With kids back in school, COVID hospitalizations on the rise across the country and flu season right around the corner, health experts say now is the time to get young people vaccinated. In addition to COVID-19 and flu, another respiratory virus, RSV, is also circulating, according to Dr. Edith Bracho-Sanchez, a primary care pediatrician at Columbia University Irving Medical Center in New York City. Bracho-Sanchez said that while kids are still likely to get minor illnesses throughout the school year, parents now have a way to protect their kids against the most serious viruses, and that is ...

Pediatricians encourage parents to make the most of their regular wellness checks by preparing a list of questions and concerns beforehand.

Get back to work. it's a lot we're asking parents to do right now. bottom line, we have to work together. >> so, moderna, we know it's filed for emergency use authorization for its vaccine for 12 to 17. we remember theirs was initially for 18 and up. we know the pfizer approval or authorization, i should say, for that age group was pretty quick. are you expecting the same for moderna? >> we hope so. i think at this point we have a lot of information about these mrna vaccines in teens and we have a lot of experience with the pfizer vaccine, so hopefully, yes, it will come quickly. i think we ha...