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FDA preparing to 'ok' Pfizer shot for kids ages 12-15 Approval could be granted by early next week and last updated 2021-05-04 18:38:19-04 WXMI — As early as next week, the FDA is expected to amend Pfizer’s emergency use authorization to allow their vaccine to be given to children ages 12-15 years old. Pfizer’s clinical trials involving 2,000 participants, half who got the vaccine and half who received a placebo, showed none of the vaccine recipients contracted COVID-19. “It’s pretty much a foregone conclusion that the FDA will authorize it,” said Dr. Liam Sulliv...

COVID-19 vaccines for children offers path out of pandemic for parents, kids Updated 2:29 PM; Today 12:13 PM Members of Mona Shores' competitive cheer team board a charter bus Friday, March 26, 2021, at Mona Shores High School. Mona Shores will compete in the Division 2 state finals Saturday, March 27, 2021, at Michigan State's Breslin Center. (Scott DeCamp | MLive.com)(Scott DeCamp | MLive.com) Facebook Share As a physician, Dr. Paul Entler has seen how COVID-19 can make children seriously ill and infect the people around them. As a parent, he’s seen the emotional toll of the pandemic on...

Pfizer vaccine expected to be approved for kids 12 to 15 years old Author: Valerie Lego Updated: 5:47 PM EDT May 4, 2021 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — One of the largest populations that can help not only the U.S. but West Michigan reach herd immunity is 12 to 15 year olds.  The FDA is currently considering the Pfizer vaccine for emergency use for that age group and is expected to give it's approval next week.  The hope is that we may now have a chance at reaching herd immunity which Dr. Liam Sullivan, an Infectious Disease Specialist with Spectrum Health says that...

Half of Michigan adults are now vaccinated. The other half will be the hard part. Today 8:00 AM Erin Alexander-Bell receives her first dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine during a Family Health Center pop up vaccine clinic at King-Westwood Elementary School in Kalamazoo, Michigan on Thursday, April 29, 2021. Family Health Center partnered with Kalamazoo Public Schools and Bronson Methodist Hospital to give the Pfizer vaccine to those 16 and older. (Joel Bissell | MLive.com)Joel Bissell | MLive.com Facebook Share When COVID-19 vaccines first came out in December, Erin Alexander-Bell ...

Michigan is now hospitalizing more people under 40 than those over 80 for COVID-19 Today 8:00 AM FILE - This 2020 electron microscope image provided by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases - Rocky Mountain Laboratories shows SARS-CoV-2 virus particles which cause COVID-19, isolated from a patient in the U.S., emerging from the surface of cells cultured in a lab. Viruses are constantly mutating, with coronavirus variants circulating around the globe. (NIAID-RML via AP)AP Facebook Share Dr. Stacey Sensor says her 18-year-old son, a high school senior, is “one of the heal...