CDC recommends Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for children and adolescents
The CDC Friday announced it was endorsing a panel’s recommendation that Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine be made available to children and teenagers ages 6-17. >> Read more trending newsThe endorsement allows the U.S. government to begin rolling out Moderna’s vaccine for children and teenagers. The CDC had previously approved Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for use in children 6 months through 5 years, and adults 18 and older. “It is critical that we protect our children and teens from the complications of severe COVID-19 disease,” CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said in a statement. “Today, we have expanded the options available to families by recommending a second safe and effective vaccine for children ages 6 through 17 years.
wftv.comUS opens COVID vaccine to little kids, shots begin next week
Virus Outbreak Vaccines Kids This May 2022 photo provided by Pfizer shows production of the Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for children under 5 in Puurs, Belgium. U.S. regulators on Friday, June 17, authorized the first COVID-19 shots for infants and preschoolers, paving the way for vaccinations to begin next week. (Pfizer via AP) (Uncredited)NEW YORK — (AP) — The U.S. on Saturday opened COVID-19 vaccines to infants, toddlers and preschoolers. The shots will become available next week, expanding the nation’s vaccination campaign to children as young as 6 months. However, exactly how well they work is hard to pin down, especially when it comes to the Pfizer vaccine.
wftv.comCoronavirus: CDC advisers recommend vaccines for children 5 and under
CDC vote: The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted to approve vaccines for children under 5. (W. Steve Shepard Jr. /Getty Images)Advisers for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Saturday voted to recommend Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines for children 5 and under. The ACIP, in two separate ballots, voted to recommend both vaccines by a 12-0 vote. Moderna vaccines require only two doses. Moderna’s vaccine only requires two shots for children 6 months through 5, with each 25% of its adult dose, the AP reported.
wftv.comCDC advisers recommend COVID-19 shots for children under 5
Virus Outbreak Vaccines Kids This May 2022 photo provided by Pfizer shows production of the Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for children under 5 in Puurs, Belgium. U.S. regulators on Friday, June 17, authorized the first COVID-19 shots for infants and preschoolers, paving the way for vaccinations to begin next week. (Pfizer via AP) (Uncredited)NEW YORK — (AP) — U.S. health advisers on Saturday recommended COVID-19 vaccines for infants, toddlers and preschoolers — the last group without the shots. However, exactly how well they work is hard to pin down, especially when it comes to the Pfizer vaccine. But problems have not been identified in older children or adults when COVID-19 shots and other vaccinations were given together, and the CDC is advising that it's safe for younger children as well.
wftv.comFDA authorizes 1st COVID-19 shots for infants, preschoolers
Virus Outbreak Vaccine Kids FILE - Syringes and colorful bandages are prepared as children from local schools prepare to get COVID-19 vaccines in Pittsfield, Mass., on Monday Dec. 13, 2021. (Ben Garver/The Berkshire Eagle via AP, File) (Ben Garver)U.S. regulators on Friday authorized the first COVID-19 shots for infants and preschoolers, paving the way for vaccinations to begin next week. The Food and Drug Administration's action follows its advisory panel's unanimous recommendation for the shots from Moderna and Pfizer. “So I actually think we need to protect young children, as well as protect everyone with the vaccine and especially protect elders,” she said. Moderna's is two shots, each a quarter of its adult dose, given about four weeks apart for kids under 6.
wftv.comFDA advisers set to discuss Moderna vaccines for children 6 months to 17 years
FDA looking at Moderna vaccine for young children The Food and Drug Administration’s committee of independent vaccine experts will meet to consider recommending the Moderna coronavirus vaccine for children ages 6 to 17. (Evgenia PARADZHANIAN/Getty Images)The Food and Drug Administration’s committee of independent vaccine experts will meet Tuesday to consider recommending the Moderna coronavirus vaccine for children ages 6 to 17. Should the committee recommend the vaccine, the agency will then decide whether to authorize it for emergency use. The Moderna vaccine is currently available to those over age 18. On Wednesday, the FDA panel will consider expanding the authorization of the Moderna vaccine to infants and children ages 6 months to 5 years.
wftv.comCDC identifies 9 cases of monkeypox cases in 7 states
Monkeypox: What you need to know (NCD)WASHINGTON — The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has confirmed nine monkeypox cases across seven states. >> Read more trending newsCDC Director Rochelle Walensky said that monkeypox cases have been identified in California, Florida, Massachusetts, New York, Utah, Virginia and Washington. Two infected individuals live in the same household in Utah, according to People. The pair had traveled internationally in early May to “an area currently experiencing monkeypox cases.”Last week, the first case was identified in the United States in Massachusetts. The U.S. government said on Tuesday that it is releasing some of the country’s monkeypox vaccines from the Strategic National Stockpile.
wftv.comCDC urges Pfizer booster for children ages 5 to 11
Virus Outbreak Kid Booster FILE - A vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children 5 to 12 years old sits ready for use at a vaccination site in Fort Worth, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021. Kids ages 5 to 11 should get a booster dose of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, advisers to the U.S. government said Thursday, May 19, 2022. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File) (LM Otero)Kids ages 5 to 11 should get a booster dose of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, advisers to the U.S. government said Thursday. The hope is that an extra shot will shore up protection for kids ages 5 to 11 as infections once again are on the rise. Pfizer and its partner BioNTech currently make the only COVID-19 vaccine available for children of any age in the U.S. Those ages 5 to 11 receive a dose that’s one-third the amount given to everyone 12 and older.
wftv.comCDC urges Pfizer booster for children ages 5 to 11
Virus Outbreak Kid Booster FILE - A vial of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children 5 to 12 years old sits ready for use at a vaccination site in Fort Worth, Texas, Thursday, Nov. 11, 2021. Kids ages 5 to 11 should get a booster dose of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, advisers to the U.S. government said Thursday, May 19, 2022. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File) (LM Otero)Kids ages 5 to 11 should get a booster dose of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, advisers to the U.S. government said Thursday. The hope is that an extra shot will shore up protection for kids ages 5 to 11 as infections once again are on the rise. Pfizer and its partner BioNTech currently make the only COVID-19 vaccine available for children of any age in the U.S. Those ages 5 to 11 receive a dose that’s one-third the amount given to everyone 12 and older.
wftv.comCDC panel recommends Pfizer booster shot for kids ages 5 to 11 as Covid cases rise across the U.S.
More than 8,000 children have developed MIS-C since the start the pandemic, with kids ages 5 to 11 most commonly affected at 46% of reported cases, according to CDC data. Currently, only 29% of children ages 5 to 11 in the U.S. have complete their first Pfizer vaccination series, according to the CDC. Since the pandemic began, more than 4.8 million kids in the age group have caught Covid and more than 15,000 have been hospitalized, according CDC data. The overwhelming majority of reactions to the vaccine, 97%, were not serious, according to CDC data. The CDC has verified 20 cases of myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart, in kids ages 5 to 11 as of April following Pfizer vaccination.
cnbc.comCDC director: A third of US residents should be considering masks
The committee will hear testimony about the federal response to COVID-19 and new, emerging variants. (Photo by Shawn Thew-Pool/Getty Images/Getty Images)Those living in a high COVID-19 threat area should be wearing masks in indoor public settings, the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said on Wednesday. While death rates remain low, around 3,000 people a day were being admitted with COVID-19 to hospitals around the country. The seven-day average of hospital admissions from the virus rose 19% from last week’s numbers. According to the CDC, most high- and medium-risk areas are in the U.S. Northeast.
wftv.comA third of US should be considering masks, officials say
The AP Interview Jha FILE - White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, April 26, 2022. Those are areas where people should already be considering wearing masks indoors — but Americans elsewhere should also take notice, officials said. Jha warned that without additional funding from Congress for the virus would cause “unnecessary loss of life” in the fall and winter, when the U.S. runs out of treatments. That would leave the U.S. reliant on other countries for testing supplies, risking shortages during a surge, Jha warned. Hospitalizations also are rising, up 19% in the past week, though they remain much lower than during the omicron wave, she said.
wftv.comCDC urges Americans in areas with high COVID levels to wear masks
During the White House COVID-19 briefing Wednesday, CDC Director Rochelle Walensky urged Americans who live in areas with high community levels of COVID to wear masks. She said Americans in areas with medium COVID community levels should consider wearing masks based on their risk factors.
news.yahoo.comA third of US should be considering masks, officials say
The AP Interview Jha FILE - White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, April 26, 2022. Those are areas where people should already be considering wearing masks indoors — but Americans elsewhere should also take notice, officials said. Jha warned that without additional funding from Congress for the virus would cause “unnecessary loss of life” in the fall and winter, when the U.S. runs out of treatments. That would leave the U.S. reliant on other countries for testing supplies, risking shortages during a surge, Jha warned. Hospitalizations also are rising, up 19% in the past week, though they remain much lower than during the omicron wave, she said.
wftv.comOfficials say more areas of US may see mask recommendations
The AP Interview Jha FILE - White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha speaks during the daily briefing at the White House in Washington, April 26, 2022. Some experts are worried the country now is seeing signs of a sixth wave, driven by an omicron subvariant. Hospitalizations also are rising, up 19% in the past week, though they remain much lower than during the omicron wave, she said. ___The Associated Press Health & Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Department of Science Education. Copyright 2022 The Associated Press.
wftv.comOfficials say more areas of US may see mask recommendations
COVID-19 cases are increasing in the United States – and could get even worse over the coming months, federal health officials warned Wednesday in urging areas hardest hit to consider reissuing calls for indoor masking. Increasing numbers of COVID-19 infections and hospitalizations are putting more of the country under guidelines issued by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that call for masking and other infection precautions. “(But) prior increases of infections, in different waves of infection, have demonstrated that this travels across the country,” said Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the CDC director, said at a White House briefing with reporters.
news.yahoo.comWatch live: U.S. health officials hold Covid briefing as cases and hospitalizations soar again
Dr. Ashish Jha will lead the briefing for the first time in his role as the White House Covid-19 response coordinator. White House chief medical advisor Dr. Anthony Fauci and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky will provide updates as usual. Hospitalizations have also increased 18% over the past week with about 3,000 people admitted with Covid every day on average, according to CDC data. With infections and hospitalizations rising, the Food and Drug Administration authorized Pfizer booster doses for children ages 5 to 11 this week. The FDA could authorize Covid vaccines for children under age 5, the only group left in the U.S. not eligible, as soon as next month.
cnbc.comFDA authorizes Pfizer’s COVID-19 booster shot for 5- to 11-year-olds
Pfizer’s COVID-19 booster shot authorized for 5- to 11-year-olds by the FDA The FDA authorized the booster for those in the age group that has the lowest coronavirus vaccination rate of all eligible Americans. (NCD)The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday authorized a booster shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for children ages 5-11. The agency authorized the emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5-11 last October. A Pfizer booster shot for those ages 12 and above was authorized by the FDA on Jan. 3. Anyone age 12 and older in the U.S. is eligible for a booster shot at least five months after their second COVID-19 vaccination.
wftv.comCOVID-19 hits growing A-list Washington guests who attended Gridiron Club dinner
Pelosi, Garland and Raimondo are the second, seventh and 10th person in the presidential order of succession behind President Joe Biden. Vice President Kamala Harris’ communication director Jamal Simmons, who attended the dinner, also has tested positive for the virus. Tom DeFrank, the president of the Gridiron Club, said he is aware that 14 guests at Saturday’s dinner have tested positive and that other cases could be expected. “As of 4 p.m. Wednesday, we know of 14 guests at Saturday’s dinner who have tested positive for COVID. Drew Hammill, a spokesperson for the speaker, said in a statement, “After testing negative this week, Speaker Pelosi received a positive test result for COVID-19 and is currently asymptomatic.
wftv.comUS faces a double coronavirus surge as omicron advances
The new omicron coronavirus mutant speeding around the world may bring another wave of chaos, as it threatens to further stretch hospital workers already struggling with a surge of delta cases and upend holiday plans for the second year in a row.