Latest Breaking News On - Department of health communicable disease service - Page 1 : comparemela.com

at mega-sites; using the state s COVID-19 mega-sites to bring doses directly to the communities where the children live; and Walgreens, which is already vaccinating residents ages 16-and-up; Parents would be kept informed about the vaccination campaign in a number of ways, including through their schools, Murphy said. The Department of Health is currently working on formal plans to keep parents, guardians and practitioners informed. Subscribe This is a watershed moment in our ability to fight back the COVID-19 pandemic, Dr. Bill Gruber, a Pfizer senior vice president who s also a pediatrician, told The Associated Press. The Food and Drug Administration declared the Pfizer vaccine is safe and offers strong protection for younger teens based on testing of more than 2,000 U.S. volunteers ages 12 to 15. The study found no cases of COVID-19 among fully vaccinated adolescents compared to 18 among kids given dummy shots. More intriguing, researchers found the kids developed higher l

New jerseyUnited statesEdward lifshitzPhil murphyAnthony bellanoCenters for diseaseDrug administrationAssociated pressAdvisory committee on immunization practicesDepartment of health communicable disease serviceDepartment of healthEuropean unionVaccine for kidsPatch staff badgeGarden stateGovernor phil murphy