insert_link Health & Wellness After the FDA approval, CDC signs off on Pfizer Covid vaccine boosters for kids 12 – 15 NBC News reports that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advisory panel on Wednesday voted to recommend Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 booster shot for kids ages 12 to 15, a critical step in distributing additional shots to adolescents this week. The panel, called the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, voted 13-1 in favor of giving 12- to 15-year-olds the boosters at least five months after their second dose. That's in […] todayJanuary 6, 2022
insert_link Health & Wellness Could Covid-19 reactions be linked to “Vaccine Anxiety?” ABC News reports that a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention found that some COVID-19 vaccine reactions, including fainting, dizziness and nausea, were due to anxiety -- and not the shots themselves. The report, published last week, looked at clusters of events reported to the CDC in dozens of people who received the Johnson & Johnson single-dose vaccine at five mass vaccination sites in early April, before […] todayMay 5, 2021
insert_link Health & Wellness CDC and Mayo Clinic find that COVID-19 vaccines cause Mostly Mild, if any, Side Effects More than 57 million doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been distributed in the U.S., with 16 million people fully vaccinated. While polls show that one-third of Americans are still hesitant about getting vaccinated, a new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, released Friday, is providing more reason to feel confident. In a press conference, CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky told reporters that roughly 50 percent of […] todayFebruary 23, 2021
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