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The advisory committee to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has voted to approve COVID-19 vaccines for kids ages 5 to 11 using some of the data gathered in Cincinnati.
SHARE COLUMBUS, Ohio — Officials said authorization of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for children 12- to 15-years-old — expected early next week — could help Ohio achieve enough immunity for the state in the coming weeks. Expanded eligibility to hundreds of thousands more Ohioans would advance vaccination numbers at a time when providers are encountering hesitancy in the population. With 41% of residents vaccinated, seven-day average first-dose vaccinations in Ohio have fallen by 68% since a peak five weeks ago. Ohio's Superintendent of Public Instruction Paolo DeMaria told Spectrum New...
Vaccine approval close for 12-year-olds as testing reaches youngest age groups yet Share Updated: 6:33 PM EDT Apr 29, 2021 Share Updated: 6:33 PM EDT Apr 29, 2021 Hide Transcript Show Transcript 10 YEAR OLD ELI TROPIC AND HIS EIGHT YEAR OLD SISTER LILA DROOPY BOTH PLAY TEAM SOCCER WEARING MASKS WHILE PLAYING SOCCER IS A LOT HARDER I REALIZED BUT THEY’RE MOST IMPORTANT ASSIST HAS BEEN IN THE FIELD OF RESEARCH BREAKING NEW VACCINE GROUND. WELL, I WAS AFRAID THAT IT WAS GONNA HURT LIKE GETTING THE VACCINE. BUT IT DOESN’T HAVE AT ALL. I WAS VERY NERVOUS. I THOUGHT...
Parents have put more than 3,000 children on waitlists at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center for clinical trials of a COVID-19 vaccine.