Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services began giving Pfizer bivalent COVID-19 boosters to children ages 5 to 11 Saturday.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated their vaccine recommendations to include this age group last week.
Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services will be holding several community-based monkeypox vaccination clinics in the coming weeks.This is due to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention expanding the eligibility criteria for those who can get the vaccine to focus more on pre-exposure.