WASHINGTON, D.C. (CNN) – It’s almost time to roll up your sleeve for another COVID-19 booster shot. New versions from Moderna and Pfizer could be available in the next few days. That’s after the FDA gave them the green light ...
NEW YORK CITY (WCCO/CNN) – As pediatric hospitals across the country still see an above-average number of hospitalizations due to respiratory syncytial virus, or RSV, Pfizer is announcing the end of its trial for the RSV vaccine and says it ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. (NBC) – An advisory committee to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted Thursday in favor of adding the COVID vaccine to the recommended immunization schedule for children and adults. Children six months and older, as well ...
Author: Brittany Falkers (KGW) PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — Revamped COVID boosters have arrived in Oregon and southwest Washington. The new recipe targets both the original strain of the virus and the two omicron subvariants causing the most infections right now. ...
Author: Mike Benner, KGW Staff PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — Booster shots that protect against the newest omicron strain of COVID-19 are arriving in Oregon. The state is expecting upwards of 150,000 boosters initially, and leaders believe the supply will be ...
Author: KGW Staff PORTLAND, Ore. (KGW) — Children as young as 6 months old could start getting vaccinated against COVID-19 as soon as Monday, June 20, Oregon Gov. Kate Brown’s office announced Sunday. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave emergency ...
MIAMI, Fla. (WPLG/CNN) – Florida’s governor said the state will not help the White House distribute COVID-19 vaccines to young kids who live there. Wednesday, vaccine advisers for the FDA voted to recommend expanding the emergency use authorizations for COVID ...
GRANTS PASS, Ore. —A Grants Pass mother says her one-year-old daughter was mistakenly given the wrong dosage of two vaccines recently, and it’s impacted her. Grants Pass resident, Hannah Ommert says she took her daughter to her one-year check-up appointment ...
NEW YORK CITY (NBC) – Pfizer says booster doses of its COVID-19 vaccine raise antibodies against Omicron in 5 through 11-year-olds. The additional shot, given six months after the two-dose primary series, led to a six-fold increase in antibodies, according ...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Vaccines are the best protection against severe COVID-19. But right now, they’re not approved for children ages six months through four years. The FDA was supposed to meet Tuesday to discuss the matter. But Friday, the agency ...