CDC report shows an increase in COVID-19 hospitalizations San Diego-The director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urges young people to get vaccinated because of an increase in the number of people between the ages of 12 and 17 who are hospitalized. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended the use of Pfizer vaccine in people 12 years and older on May 12 last month. CDC Director Rochelle Walensky said that she is “deeply concerned about the number of adolescents in hospital and saddened by the number of adolescents who need to be treated in intensive care u...