The ACIP voted unanimously to add Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines for children from 6 months old to the new Child and Adolescent Immunisation Schedules.
Last month, the FDA authorised omicron-specific vaccines, accompanied by breathless science-by-press release and a media blitz. Just days after the FDA’s move, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention followed, recommending updated boosters for anyone age 12 and up who had received at least two doses of the
THE STAR – Parents play a crucial role in helping to prevent the spread of infectious diseases, such as influenza, especially to their own infants and children. This is because influenza easily spreads from one person to another, and statistics show that one in four infants or young children are hospitalised because of this disease. […]
Novavax says the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has granted expanded emergency use authorisation for its Covid-19 vaccine Adjuvanted for adolescents aged between 12-17 years.The US company said the vaccine was the first protein-based .