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Covid In Children

CDC clarifies COVID vaccine guidance days after RFK announced changes

  • May 31, 2025
AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein

RFK Jr. cuts COVID vaccine for healthy kids, pregnant women

  • May 27, 2025

FDA halts authorization of Evusheld for COVID-19 medication

  • Jan 26, 2023

Doctors decode the differences between RSV, flu and COVID

  • Dec 2, 2022

Elmo gets COVID vaccine in new Sesame Workshop PSA

  • Jun 29, 2022

Pfizer: COVID vaccine for kids 6 months to 5 years old 80% effective

  • May 23, 2022

Moderna vaccine performs as well in children as adults: company

  • Mar 23, 2022

Phase 2, 3, trial for Pfizer COVID pill begins in kids 6-17

  • Mar 9, 2022

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COVID vaccine confusion: CDC and AAP guidelines differ

  • Aug 22, 2025
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Infants, toddlers should be vaccinated against COVID, AAP says, at odds with RFK Jr.

  • Aug 19, 2025
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RFK Jr. cuts COVID vaccine recommendation for healthy kids, pregnant women

  • May 28, 2025
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Fairmount pharmacy giving away free children’s medication

  • Jan 5, 2023
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FDA advisory panel backs COVID-19 vaccine for younger kids

  • Jun 15, 2022
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Pfizer to seek COVID booster for healthy 5- to 11-year-olds

  • Apr 14, 2022
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Masks now optional in Philadelphia public, archdiocesan schools

  • Mar 9, 2022
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Pfizer to ask for authorization of under-5 COVID shots

  • Feb 1, 2022

Latest Stories

Labor shortage hits Santa supply as workers weigh COVID-19 risks

The current labor market has companies in other industries struggling as well, including trucking, veterinary services and hospitality.

  • Nov 13, 2021

Most parents won't vaccinate their young children right away against COVID, survey finds

Parents cited a number of reasons, including worries about fertility in their child's future, despite the CDC repeatedly finding no evidence the vaccine causes fertility problems.

  • Oct 28, 2021

CHOP reporting increase in kids being admitted due to several viruses

Doctors at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia are reporting an increase in kids being admitted to the hospital due to several viruses going around.

  • Sep 29, 2021
AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis

New Jersey family talks about enrolling their children in Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine trials

Milly Wagman, 8, and her two younger brothers were enrolled in clinical trials testing the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine through Rutgers Health Sciences.

  • Sep 28, 2021

In matter of days, Pfizer CEO says they'll be ready to ask for approval of COVID vaccine for kids

The authorization could bring the U.S. one step closer to offering protection to a population that has grown particularly vulnerable as the fall season gets underway.

  • Sep 27, 2021