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The COVID-19 vaccine has been recommended for kids for years, but uptake has been lower in children than adults — especially with the updated vaccine that was released last year.
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Data show vaccines are effective against hospitalizations, although effectiveness against infection does wane. But that's not surprising. How effective are COVID-19 vaccines for children 5-11?
Pfizer reports that a lower dose of its COVID-19 vaccine did not produce a potent immune response in children 2 to 4. ... Pfizer reported its vaccine for children 5 to 11 was safe and effective in ...
According to the CDC, adolescents ages 16 or 17 are eligible for the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine, but not the Moderna or Janssen (Johnson & Johnson) vaccines. [76] As of March 2021, Moderna and Pfizer/Biotech had begun conducting vaccine trials for children, and Johnson & Johnson planned to do so as well. [8] [77]
Children as young as 6 months old are now eligible to get the updated Omicron-specific COVID-19 vaccine. What parents need to know about Omicron-specific COVID boosters for children 6 months and older
The COVID-19 vaccination campaign in the United States is an ongoing mass immunization campaign for the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) first granted emergency use authorization to the Pfizer–BioNTech vaccine on December 10, 2020, [7] and mass vaccinations began four days later.
Parents of young children are scrambling to find still-scarce doses of the updated Covid-19 vaccine, which was recommended in mid-September for everyone ages 6 months and older.