The latest data is reassuring. Myocarditis remains very uncommon, and it is almost always mild and temporary. The heart risk from Covid-19 itself is far greater.
How will kids react to COVID-19 vaccines? These NorCal teens are finding out
Sawsan Morrar, The Sacramento Bee
May 10, 2021
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FILE A 15-year-old participating in Moderna’s teen COVID-19 vaccine trial receives a shot in Houston of Feb. 5, 2021. Pfizer and Moderna are testing their vaccines on children 12 and older and hope to have results by the summer. Of the 2,000 young people involved in the Kaiser Pfizer trial across the country, about 139 live in Northern California. (Brandon Thibodeaux/The New York Times)Brandon Thibodeaux/NYT
SACRAMENTO, Calif. When will my kids get a vaccine?
It’s the question that is top of mind for millions of parents now that the Food and Drug Administration has authorized the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine for 12- to 15-year-olds.
East Hartford High School senior Sudeen Pryce, right, center, receives support from classmate Alexia Phipps, left, East Hartford High School Intervention Coordinator Mark Brown, second from left, and EMT Katrinna Greene, top right, of Manchester, as RN Kaylee Cruz of Bristol administers a shot to Pryce at a mass vaccination site at Pratt & Whitney Runway in East Hartford, Conn., Monday, April 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
The FDA issues an emergency authorization for kids and the COVID vaccine. Does the rush to vaccinate children come with a different set of risks and benefits than with adults?
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Dr. Monica Gandhi, professor of medicine and associate division chief of the division of HIV, Infectious Diseases and Global Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. (@MonicaGandhi9)