Walensky is a professor at Harvard Medical School and served as the 19th director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Once clinical trials showed that Covid-19 vaccines were safe and ...

PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The FDA has authorized the Pfizer vaccine for kids ages 12 to 15. The CDC still has to give its stamp of approval, but if everything goes as expected, we could see more kids in ...

Dec. 3, 2025 – With many parents still navigating new COVID-19 vaccine recommendations for children – and with most pediatric infections remaining mild – it can be hard to know what to do. But a ...

Valerie Brickey went to three pharmacies and her regular pediatrician in late September in an effort to find a Covid-19 vaccine for her 16-year-old granddaughter, Ryleigh. Both Brickey and her ...

Should you give your baby a COVID-19 shot? The answer isn't as straightforward or as much of a consensus as it used to be: In an unusual move, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) is recommending ...

Children are twice as likely to develop long COVID after two COVID-19 infections, compared with children who’ve only had COVID-19 once, according to a new study co-authored by a doctor at Lurie ...

The COVID-19 vaccines developed for the 2024-2025 respiratory disease season were around 75% effective at preventing medically attended COVID-19 among children aged 9 months to 4 years, according to ...

Nagel says recent COVID waves have primarily affected older adults and high-risk patients, while younger, healthy people have ...

COVID-19 infections are rising again across the U.S. Here's which symptoms to look for and how to protect yourself over the ...

COVID vaccines for the 2024-2025 season provided protection against COVID-associated emergency department (ED) and urgent care visits among children, according to data from a multisite electronic ...

JACKSON, Mississippi — Children are more at risk of contracting coronavirus at a social gathering than in a classroom or childcare setting, according to a study released by the University of ...

Doctors and officials say it’s not too late to get a vaccine during what’s being called an unprecedented season ...