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Advocate Aurora Health vaccinates 1,276 juveniles on Thursday
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Dr. Shikha Jain speaks with FOX 32 about new CDC guidelines released this week.
AURORA, Ill. - On Thursday, Advocate Aurora Health vaccinated nearly 1,300 young people ages 12 to 17.
Health officials said another 2,955 appointments for 12 to 17-year-olds are scheduled through Sunday, May 16.
The new vaccination recommendation for adolescents marks another milestone in the battle against COVID-19. We’re thrilled so many young people and their families took this important step so quickly, executive medical director of infectious disease and prevention at Advocate Aurora Health Dr. Robert Citronberg said in a statement. By getting vaccinated, adolescents are protecting themselves, their loved ones and their communities and paving the way for a great summer and a return to in-person schooling.
UpdatedThu, Mar 11, 2021 at 8:44 pm CT
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Condell Medical Center emergency room doctor Halleh Akbarnia was part of a team of doctors who helped save Michael Catania of Green Oaks early in the pandemic. Akbarnia recently gave Catania his second COVID-19 vaccine. (Advocate Aurora Health)
LIBERTYVILLE, IL Nearly a year after her emotional Facebook post about fighting to keep a patient alive went viral, getting shared nearly 200,000 times, an Advocate Condell Medical Center doctor gave that same patient his second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.
Dr. Halleh Akbarnia met Michael Catania of Green Oaks when he was admitted to the emergency room at Advocate Condell Center at the start of the pandemic last March. She visited him every day in the hospital s COVID-19 intensive care unit. As he fought for his life, Catania had to be intubated and resuscitated several times.