Staff, CDC, Jan. 7, 2022 Three COVID-19 vaccines are authorized or approved for use in the United States to prevent COVID-19. Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna (COVID-19 mRNA vaccines) are preferred. You may get Johnson & Johnson’s Janssen COVID-19 vaccine in some situations. …
COVID vaccine booster shots are here for kids ages 12 and up — here’s what parents need to know right now
Jade Scipioni, CNBC, Jan. 6, 2022 Covid booster shots are here for children ages 12 and up — just in time for kids to go back to school after the holidays, as omicron surges across the country. On Wednesday evening, …
CDC Expands Booster Shot Eligibility and Strengthens Recommendations for 12-17 Year Olds
Staff, CDC, Jan. 5, 2022 Today, CDC is endorsing the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ (ACIP) recommendation to expand eligibility of booster doses to those 12 to 15 years old. CDC now recommends that adolescents age 12 to 17 years old …
As omicron overtakes Tennessee, one in every three tests is positive
Brett Kelman and Melissa Brown, The Tennessean, Jan. 4, 2022 One in every three coronavirus tests reported to the Tennessee Department of Health in the past week has been positive, a worrisome sign the omicron variant catapulted the virus to unknown heights while casually shattering records …
New infections shatter single-day record with over 1 million cases; FDA OKs Pfizer booster for 12- to 15-year-olds: COVID updates
Jorge Ortiz, John Bacon and Celina Tebor, USA Today, Jan. 3, 2022 A substantial increase in coronavirus infections was expected when this week’s numbers came out, but nothing like this. The intensely rapid spread of the omicron variant and a …