Immunization - Pediatric Immunization News

FDA, AMA Prepare for Plan COVID Shots for Kids Younger Than 6 The FDA announced a June advisory committee meeting about COVID vaccines for kids younger than 6. The AMA has updated its billing codes ahead of an expected decision on Moderna's shot in this age group
Medscape Medical News, May 23, 2022
Pfizer Says COVID-19 Vaccine Response Robust in Young Children Much anticipated findings from Pfizer/BioNTech suggest three doses of COVID-19 vaccine protect kids ages 6 months to 5 years old.
WebMD Health News, May 23, 2022
Monkeypox Quarantines Not Needed in US, Biden Says 'I just don’t think it rises to the level of the kind of concern that existed with COVID-19, and the smallpox vaccine works for it,' President Joe Biden said.
WebMD Health News, May 23, 2022
CDC Signs Off on COVID Boosters in Children Ages 5-11 An advisory panel also called for stepped-up efforts to make sure children get their initial vaccines.
Medscape Medical News, May 19, 2022
RSV Kills 100,000 Kids Under Age 5 a Year Worldwide A new study is the first to filter RSV deaths into narrow age brackets. Researchers found that nearly half — 45,000 deaths — were in infants under 6 months old.
Medscape Medical News, May 19, 2022
Children and COVID: New Cases Up by 50% The new-case count was over 93,000 for the week of May 6–12, compared with 62,000 the previous week.
Medscape Medical News, May 18, 2022
FDA Authorizes Pfizer's COVID-19 Booster for Children Ages 5 to 11 "While it has largely been the case that COVID-19 tends to be less severe in children than adults, the Omicron wave has seen more kids getting sick with the disease and being hospitalized."
WebMD Health News, May 17, 2022
US Tops 1M COVID Deaths: 'History Should Judge Us Harshly' Case numbers are rising again, and the United States reaches a once unimaginable and grim milestone.
Medscape Medical News, May 17, 2022
CARRA 2022 Pfizer COVID Vax Performs Well in Youth With Rheumatic Diseases Nearly all participants in the study showed complete seroconversion, in contrast to similar studies in adults.
Medscape Medical News, May 17, 2022
HPV Strains Covered by the Vaccine Have Declined Greatly in US The study is good news for the HPV vaccination program in the United States.
Medscape Medical News, May 16, 2022
Children and COVID: New Cases Climb Slowly but Steadily The cumulative number of cases in children is 13,052,988, which accounts for 19.0% of all cases reported in the United States.
Medscape Medical News, May 10, 2022
Children and COVID: New Cases Up for Third Straight Week Hospital admissions involving diagnosed COVID also ticked up over the latter half of April.
Medscape Medical News, May 03, 2022
Children an 'Important Source' of Household COVID Spread A case-ascertained study found that children 3 years and younger were less likely than other children to transmit the virus to household contacts.
Medscape Medical News, May 03, 2022
WHO, UNICEF Warn About Increased Risk of Measles Outbreaks More than 17,300 measles cases were reported worldwide in January and February, as compared with 9600 cases at the beginning of 2021.
WebMD Health News, May 02, 2022
FDA Committee to Discuss COVID-19 Shots for Kids in June The FDA's independent panel of advisors will meet in June to discuss the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines for children under age 5, as well as the Novavax vaccine for adults.
WebMD Health News, May 02, 2022
Moderna Seeks OK for Young Kids' COVID Vaccine as Parents Wait Pfizer's request for the youngest kids is expected next. But there are a lot of moving parts, and families and doctors alike are concerned the FDA will not act quickly enough.
WebMD Health News, April 28, 2022
Pfizer Asks FDA to Authorize COVID Booster Shots for Ages 5–11 "The data right now really support vaccine and boosters in particular to maintain immunity."
WebMD Health News, April 27, 2022
Almost 60% of US Population Has Been Infected by COVID-19: CDC The percentages are even higher among teens. With many COVID-19 tests results no longer reported, the CDC turned to a more reliable measure among people with previous infection.
Medscape Medical News, April 26, 2022
Children and COVID: Weekly Cases Rise Again, but More Slowly The cumulative number of child COVID-19 cases since the start of the pandemic is now over 12.9 million, with children representing 19% of cases among all ages.
Medscape Medical News, April 26, 2022
Routine Childhood Vaccinations Dropped 1% During Pandemic 'Today's findings support previous data showing a concerning decline in childhood immunizations that began in March 2020,' said Shannon Stokley, DrPH, of the CDC's Immunization Services Division.
WebMD Health News, April 22, 2022

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