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FDA advisory panel recommends Omicron-containing booster shots
Meetings of the Food and Drug Administration’s vaccines advisory committee are never dull affairs. Drenched in data, maybe, but never…
In 1st year of pandemic, COVID vaccines saved 20M lives
In a recent study published in The Lancet journal, researchers at Imperial College London quantified the impact of the coronavirus disease 2019…
Babies, Toddlers & the COVID Shot: An Expert Answers Your Questions
After a very long wait, babies, toddlers and preschoolers can now get COVID-19 shots. Many parents may feel relief, but…
Colorado parents of toddlers urged to schedule COVID shots now to be…
Parents of kids under 5 will start getting messages today from the state health department, urging them to get their…
State health officials give update on cases, vaccine for young children
DENVER — State health officials gave an update on COVID-19 in Colorado on Thursday morning, as case counts from the…
2022 ACIP Updates for Immunizations in Adults and Children: What Pharmacists Need…
Pharmacy team members are an integral part of vaccination efforts in the United States. According to the CDC, as of…
Colorado monkeypox cases now up to 5, CDPHE orders vaccine for health…
DENVER – Colorado has ordered small amounts of an FDA-approved monkeypox vaccine to protect health care workers and people directly…
COVID vaccines are finally here for young kids. But the logistics aren’t…
My daughter was only just starting to walk when the pandemic started. Now she’s almost four, and in all that…
Why some parents are skeptical about covid vaccines for young children
On Friday, the Food and Drug Administration authorized Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna’s coronavirus vaccines for children as young as 6 months. Shots should…
New cancer vaccine finds way to overcome tumor defenses
Developing cancer vaccines have been an essential partTrusted Source of cancer research for almost three decades. Many formsTrusted Source of cancer vaccines are under…
FDA Panel Recommends Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccines for Children 6 Months…
Many parents in the U.S. have been waiting to hear that the nation’s youngest children—those under 5 years old—can be vaccinated against…
FDA advisers back Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for older kids
NEW YORK — A government advisory panel Tuesday endorsed a second brand of COVID-19 vaccine for school-age children and teens. The…
COVID-19 Continues to ‘Unravel’ Progress on Routine Vaccinations
New reports suggest that many people are not still caught up on routine vaccine schedules that were disrupted by missed…
Op-Ed: Vaccine disruptions and mistrust are ramping up measles risk
Pandemics have consequences beyond the death and disease directly caused by the novel pathogen. In the 1918 influenza pandemic, more deaths were…
U.S. orders 500,000 monkeypox vaccines to be delivered this year
The United States has ordered 500,000 more monkeypox vaccine doses for delivery this year, the manufacturer said Friday. The order…