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Central Oregon's youngest children can begin receiving the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at St. Charles Family Care clinics. The vaccine is free and can be given to children 6 months to 4 years of age. Appointments are required and can be scheduled by calling a Family Care clinic or via the MyChart patient portal. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recently approved COVID-19 vaccination for young children who are at least 6 months old. "This is important progress in our fight against COVID-19," said Dr. Cynthia Maree, St. Charles' medical director of infection prevention. "Vaccines continue to be effective at preventing severe illness and hospitalization. In children, they also help prevent multisystem inflammatory syndrome and may prevent long COVID." The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) gave the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine emergency use authorization because clinical trials which included more than 4,500 children and continued during different phases

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