Birmingham pediatrician welcomes vaccine for 12 to 15 year olds
COVID: 1st 12 to 15-year-olds get Pfizer vaccine By Alan Collins | May 11, 2021 at 6:00 PM CDT - Updated May 11 at 6:00 PM
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (WBRC) - Parents may be able to start allowing their 12 to 15 year olds to get the COVID-19 vaccine later this week. The FDA approved the vaccine for this group Monday.
The CDC is expected to follow later this week.
Alabama doctors said if the pandemic is going to be brought under control, younger patients have to get the vaccines. This latest group is a big step in that direction.
The CDC is expected to grant an emergency use authorization this week. Shots can start by the end of the week.
76ers seek to solidify hold on East vs. Pistons
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08 May 2021, 22:05 GMT+10
The Philadelphia 76ers will look to move one step closer to securing the top seed in the Eastern Conference playoff race when they host the Detroit Pistons on Saturday.
The Sixers held off the shorthanded New Orleans Pelicans 109-107 on Friday and moved three games ahead of the Brooklyn Nets andMilwaukee Bucks. The Sixers have five games remaining.
Joel Embiid had been questionable with a sore shoulder but produced 37 points and 13 rebounds in the narrow win over the Pelicans. The Sixers (46-21) will now aim for their eighth consecutive victory.
Indiana’s rate of COVID-19 vaccination shots has remained sluggish in recent weeks while coronavirus-related hospitalizations have slowly climbed to their highest number since February.
Teens 16 years old or older were able to get vaccinated at Abraham Lincoln High School Tuesday. It kicked off Pottawattamie County s new micro-mobile clinic initiative which aims to take vaccines to different places in the community.They got the Pfizer vaccine, which is currently approved for teens 16 and older. Soon, it could receive emergency authorization for people as young as 12.Sixteen-year-old Jennifer Rangel Mendoza feels a lot better knowing she can now protect those around her. Even just getting a first dose, it s like a weight off my shoulders, Mendoza said.The sophomore says her mom was hesitant about her getting the vaccine at first. She was just worried for my health but I talked her into it saying I m doing it for you and for my family, 17-year-old Noah Sandbothe said. I m tired of living like this, I just want to get back to the way it was. I want to be around my grandpa more, the high school senior said.As the son of a dad who s been treating COVID-19 patient
WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) - President Joe Biden has set a goal of giving 70 percent of US adults at least one vaccine shot and 160 million adult population to be fully vaccinated by July 4 so that life