âWe hope to help bring a sense of normalcy back to young peopleâ: Pfizer vaccine authorized for adolescents 12-15 years old
By Jonathan Saltzman and Robert Weisman Globe Staff,Updated May 10, 2021, 7:45 p.m.
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The Food and Drug Administration on
Monday cleared Pfizer-BioNTechâs coronavirus vaccine for adolescents 12 to 15 years old, enabling millions of more Americans to get the two-shot regimen.
Five months after the agency authorized Pfizerâs vaccine for emergency use in people 16 and older, Acting FDA Commissioner Janet Woodcock said the expansion represented a major advance in the fight against the virus.
âTodayâs action allows for a younger population to be protected from COVID-19, bringing us closer to returning to a sense of normalcy and to ending the pandemic,â she said. âParents and guardians can rest assured that the agency undertook a rigorous and thorough review of all available data, as we have with all of our
Kids As Young As 12 Might Get Vaccinated As Soon As Next Week, Depending on FDA Decision
A vaccinator administers a COVID-19 vaccine to a woman, Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021, at a vaccination center at Gillette Stadium, in Foxborough, Mass.
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Children as young as 12 years old might begin receiving COVID vaccines as soon as next week.
The FDA is expected to rule early in the week on whether to expand the emergency use authorization for the Pfizer vaccine. A federal vaccine advisory committee is then scheduled to meet Wednesday. That committee could recommend to the CDC that kids aged 12 to 15 be allowed to get the vaccine. Currently, Pfizer s vaccine is approved for anyone over 16.
Obituary: Carol Jack
TOPSHAM - Carol Jack, 81, of Topsham, passed away, surrounded by family, on Saturday April 24, 2021 following a brief illness.
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Carol Jack
TOPSHAM – Carol Jack, 81, of Topsham, passed away, surrounded by family, on Saturday April 24, 2021 following a brief illness.
Carol was born in Quincy, Mass. on Nov. 26, 1939, the daughter of Edwin and Mary Davidson. She graduated from North Quincy High School and attended Colby College in Waterville for two years. She then earned her MT degree from the Boston University Hospital School of Medical Technology.
Carol married Richard Jack following his graduation from the University of Maine. They moved to Ft. Sill, Okla. where Richard fulfilled his military obligation as a 2nd Lt. in the Army Artillery. They then moved to the Hudson Valley area of New York State where they lived and worked for the next 36 years. Carol worked as a Medical Technologist in local hospitals and doctors offices. Their children
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