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The federal government approved the Pfizer vaccine for 12 to 15-year-olds. What does this mean for my child?

CDC Looks Into Post-COVID Vaccine Heart Inflammation May 24, 2021 -- The CDC is monitoring rare reports of myocarditis, or heart inflammation, among young people after COVID-19 vaccination. So far, there have been “relatively few” cases of myocarditis, according to the latest report by the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ COVID-19 vaccine safety work group. The few cases of post-vaccination heart inflammation have happened in adolescents and young adults and seem to be more common in males than females. The cases occur more often after a second dose of the Pfizer and Modern...

Heart problems among teens and young adults who received Covid vaccine is being investigated by the CDC Updated: May 23 2021, 6:36 ET HEART problems among teenagers and young adults who have received Covid vaccines are being investigated by the Centers for Disease Control. The CDC said it's received reports that a few, predominantly male adolescents and young adults have developed myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle. 3 Wilson Moro getting his first dose of the Pfizer vaccineCredit: AP The condition often goes away without complications and can be caused by a variety of viruses, t...

What does approval of the Pfizer vaccine for teens, preteens mean for my child? Whether this approval will prompt schools to require vaccination against COVID for K-12 students returning to the classroom this fall is a pending question, Dr. Margaret Stager said. It is unclear whether federal law allows state authorities to mandate a vaccine that has not yet been fully approved. Written By: Carmen Heredia Rodriguez / Kaiser Health News | 9:54 am, May 17, 2021 × Michael Binparuis, 15, of Nesconsit, N.Y., receives a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for the coronavirus...

The Lyme disease vaccine LYMErix (Tribune News Service) Published May 16. 2021 12:01AM  Dr. Vijay K. Sikand May is National Lyme Disease Awareness Month, timed to coincide with the emergence of ticks with warmer spring weather. A record number of ticks that transmit several infectious diseases are expected in Connecticut this year, including babesiosis, anaplasmosis and others. The Agricultural Experiment Station in New Haven tracks ticks and is already recording about 40 % more than the same period last year, another consequence of global warming. Pandemic weary Connecticut residents with c...