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What does approval of the Pfizer vaccine for teens and preteens mean for my child? Q: The federal government approved the Pfizer vaccine for 12- to 15-year-olds. What does this mean for my child? Extending the emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to preteens and young adolescents adds nearly 17 million more Americans to the pool of those eligible to be immunized against covid-19, helping to build a vaccinated population closer to herd immunity. Moderna and Johnson & Johnson are also testing the efficacy of their vaccines in teens and children. Although children appear to catch covid l...

Today, I adopted CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices' (ACIP) recommendation that endorsed the safety and effectiveness of the...

(404) 639-3286 Today, I adopted CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ (ACIP) recommendation that endorsed the safety and effectiveness of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine and its use in 12- through 15-year-old adolescents. CDC now recommends that this vaccine be used among this population, and providers may begin vaccinating them right away. Though most children with COVID-19 have mild or no symptoms, some children can get severely ill and require hospitalization. There have also been rare, tragic cases of children dying from COVID-19 and its effects, including multisyst...

Parents of children ages 12 to 15 in California can begin scheduling them to get their...

CDC endorses Pfizer vaccine for 12- to 15-year-olds: 8 things you need to know Updated 9:11 AM; Today 9:10 AM The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted this week to recommend the vaccine for adolescents. (Staten Island Advance/Paul Liotta) Facebook Share STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The federal government took the final step on Wednesday to make the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccine available to 12- to 15-year-olds in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Prac...