FDA authorizes Covid-19 booster for children six-months-old and up
Last week, the Food and Drug Administration authorized the bivalent Covid-19 booster shot for children ages six months to five-years-old.
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Respiratory syncytial virus is especially dangerous for infants and the elderly.
Respiratory syncytial virus is especially dangerous for infants and the elderly.
Pfizer vaccines to be sold up to $130 per dose
If you haven't had the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine yet, you or your insurance may be picking up the tab in a few weeks.
If you haven’t had the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine yet, you or your insurance may be picking up the tab in a few weeks.
COVID vaccines recommended for children under 5
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) -Over the weekend the CDC approved vaccinations for ages 6 months through 5 years old. This comes as DHEC says there is an increase in cases across South Carolina particularly in the Midlands. Vaccines for the youngest age group 6 months through five years old are approved for both Pfizer and Moderna. State health leaders say this can reinforce…
CDC: Vaccination rates among kindergarteners dropping
According to the agency, the rate of children vaccinated against common diseases like measles, whooping cough and chicken pox dropped below 94%.
Prisma Health: Omicron variant ‘likely’ in South Carolina
COLUMBIA, S.C. (WOLO) – It is highly likely that the new COVID variant is in South Carolina, this is according to an infectious disease physician at Prisma Health. As of now there is no known cases of the new strain in the country. Prisma Health Infectious Disease Physician Helmut Albrecht says the recent U.S. travel restrictions can delay the virus…
Children across Nation get first shots approved for ages 5 to 11
CNN–Nearly 28 million children in the U.S. are now eligible to roll up their sleeves for a COVID-19 shot. Doctor Rochelle Walensky, the head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, moved to allow children between 5 and 11 year old to get vaccinated. The shots will be one third of an adult dose but still a two shot…
Local leaders in Richland County offer incentive for COVID-19 Vaccine
Vacccine event: 1 p.m.-4:30 p.m. on October 30 at the Meeting Place Church.
Both lawmakers and pastors alike called for more people in Richland County to get vaccinated.
NEW: FDA panel endorses vaccines for children ages 5 to 11
WASHINGTON (AP) _ U.S. health advisers have endorsed kid-size doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for younger children. The vote Tuesday by the Food and Drug Administration panel moves the U.S. closer to vaccinating children ages 5 to 11. The FDA isn’t bound by the panel’s recommendation and is expected to make its own decision within days. If regulators agree, shots…
FDA advisory panel set to meet on vaccine for children ages 5 to 11
ABC NEWS– An FDA advisory panel set to meet Tuesday to decide whether to recommend the Pfizer vaccine for children ages 5 to 11. Federal health officials say millions of kids in that age group could be vaccinated by the winter holidays. ABC’s Reena Roy has the latest. Categories: National News Tags: Vaccine
