Monique Beals, WKRN, May 30, 2022 As the U.S. marks Memorial Day weekend and the unofficial start of summer, the seven-day average for COVID-19 cases in the U.S. are more than six times what they were a year ago. Read …
Tennessee COVID-19 infections continue to increase, driving higher hospitalizations
Frank Gluck, Tennessean, May 25, 2022 COVID-19 infections rose sharply again last week throughout Tennessee and Davidson County, continuing an upward trend that has been ongoing for the last two months or so, according to state Department of Health data. Read …
Pfizer 3-dose COVID vaccine 80% effective against symptomatic omicron infection for youngest children
Sony Salzman, Cheyenne Haslett, and Eric M. Strauss, ABC News, May 23, 2022 In long-awaited data, Pfizer said its three-dose vaccine was 80% effective against symptomatic omicron COVID-19 infection among children 6 months to under 5 years old. The company cautioned that …
COVID vaccines for young children could be coming soon
Alexander Nazaryan, Yahoo News, May 23, 2022 The long-awaited approval for coronavirus immunizations for children under 5 took a major step forward on Monday with an announcement from biomedical giant Pfizer and its German partner, BioNTech, that their COVID-19 vaccine …
U.S. FDA sets June meeting dates for Moderna, Pfizer small children COVID-19 vaccines
Staff Writer, Reuters, May 23, 2022 The U.S. Food and Drug Administration set June 14-15 as the new meeting date to review Moderna Inc’s emergency authorization request for its COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 6 months to 5 years and …