FDA greenlights updated COVID-19 booster for children ages 5-11
The federal government recommended on Wednesday an updated COVID-19 booster for children between 5 and 11, expanding use of the…
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FDA clears COVID booster shot for healthy children ages 5-11
U.S. regulators have authorized a COVID-19 booster shot for healthy 5- to 11-year-olds, hoping an extra vaccine dose will enhance…
CDC estimates 3 in 4 children have had coronavirus infections
Three out of every four U.S. children have been infected with the coronavirus and more than half of all Americans…
Schools, pediatricians look to make up lost ground on non-COVID vaccinations
WESTMINSTER, Colo. — Melissa Blatzer was determined to get her three children caught up on their routine immunizations on a…
City health department to host pediatric vaccine virtual town hall
ST. LOUIS – The city’s health department is planning a virtual town hall on COVID-19 vaccination of children ages 5-11,…
Will children count? State panels debate new House, Senate districts
Before slavery ended in 1865, large numbers of Missourians didn’t count in the population base used to allocate the seats…
Shipments of COVID-19 shots for children ages 5-11 on the way to states
WASHINGTON — Regulators at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted emergency authorization on Friday to Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for 5-…
FDA panel backs Pfizer’s low-dose COVID-19 vaccine for children
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. moved a step closer to expanding COVID-19 vaccinations for millions more children as government advisers…
COVID-19 vaccines for ages 5 to 11 could be ready as soon as next week
WASHINGTON — The next wave of the massive COVID-19 vaccination campaign could begin as soon as next week, after federal regulators…
Gun violence claiming more lives of American teens, children
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Gun violence is killing an increasing number of American children, from toddlers caught in crossfires to teenagers…
Orphaned, infected, in crisis: How the pandemic is traumatizing children
WASHINGTON — The coronavirus pandemic has brought heartbreaking consequences for millions of U.S. children, even as most avoided serious illness themselves,…
COVID-19 vaccine works in children ages 5-11, Pfizer reports
Pfizer said Monday that its COVID-19 vaccine works for children ages 5 to 11 and that it will seek U.S.…
Sixth child dies of COVID in Missouri as official vows change
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Missouri’s new health czar lamented that the pandemic had become so embroiled in politics as another…
Thousands get COVID in first weeks of school in Missouri
Thousands of Missouri children have been diagnosed with COVID-19 since the new school year began, and at least one rural…
With schools in session, doctors fear new child COVID wave
Children are making up an increasing number of patients filling Missouri hospitals during the summer COVID-19 surge, and some doctors…
COVID cases among children rising as Missouri Delta variant wave enters fifth month
Clay LaRue, superintendent of the Van Buren R-1 School District, made a tough decision Sunday. With COVID-19 cases spiking in…