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US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said Wednesday the agency now recommends the use of Pfizer/BioNTech’s coronavirus vaccine in 12-15-year-olds. “Today, I adopted CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ (ACIP) recommendation that endorsed the safety and effectiveness of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine and its use in 12- through 15-year-old adolescents,”

US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisers voted unanimously Wednesday to recommend giving Pfizer/BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine to kids as young as 12. The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices agreed the benefits of vaccinating children and teens outweigh any risks from the vaccine. The US Food and Drug Administration extended its emergency use authorization

The benefits of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine outweigh any harms, a US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention official told the agency’s vaccine advisers Wednesday. The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices is holding a public meeting to discuss whether to recommend Pfizer/BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine for use in youth as young as 12. The US Food

With a new demographic now eligible for Covid-19 vaccines, public health officials hoping to fight variants will have to adjust their strategy to convince 12 to 15-year-olds and their parents to sign up for inoculations. “Here we have to speak not only to the patient, the adolescent, but also their parents and guardians to make

Many people suffering from insomnia take medication to get a better night’s sleep. While many sleep aids work over short periods of up to six months, clinical trial data has showed, insomnia can be a chronic problem — and many people end up taking these drugs for longer. Much less is known about the long-term

Scientists working with samples of ancient feces have found previously unknown microbes that could help in the fight against chronic illnesses such as diabetes. The microbes lived in our ancestors’ digestive systems, forming part of the ancient human gut microbiome, which differs significantly to those found in people living in modern industrialized societies, according to

A woman who is recovering from a liver transplant not only has a new lifesaving organ, but one that made history. That’s thanks to Cecil Lockhart from Welch, West Virginia, who died at age 95 on May 4, making him the oldest organ donor in United States history, according the Center for Organ Recovery &

After more than a year of politicized science and amid a wave of vaccine hesitancy, the long war against Covid-19 stands at a critical stage. Hope for an eradication akin to smallpox — or even a polio- or measles-style elimination — is a towering aspiration. Herd immunity, meanwhile, is a moving target that requires a

Some vaccine sites began to inoculate 12-to-15-year-olds against Covid-19 on Tuesday morning, a day after the US Food and Drug Administration authorized Pfizer’s vaccine for the age group. Jacob Laney, 14, was in line at a Decatur, Georgia, vaccine site early Tuesday in hopes of getting the vaccine. “My friend got Covid and it looked

Some vaccine sites began to inoculate 12-to-15-year-olds against Covid-19 on Tuesday morning, a day after the US Food and Drug Administration authorized Pfizer’s vaccine for the age group. Jacob Laney, 14, was in line at a Decatur, Georgia, vaccine site early Tuesday in hopes of getting the vaccine. “My friend got Covid and it looked

There’s no biological basis behind ongoing social media claims that Covid-19 vaccines can harm the placenta, the organ that provides a growing baby oxygen and nutrients during pregnancy. “There’s no theoretical reason to believe these vaccines would be harmful,” Dr. Richard Beigi, who sits on the Immunization, Infectious Disease, and Public Health Preparedness Expert Work

In three states, more than 70% of adults have already received at least one dose of Covid-19 vaccine, federal data showed Wednesday — meaning they’ve reached the Biden administration’s new vaccination goal months ahead of the July 4 target. Those three states are New Hampshire, Massachusetts and Vermont, US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Away from her friends and regular routine, London teenager Eesha Parashara developed an eating disorder during the UK’s first national lockdown, which began last March. Isolation and loneliness, coupled with social media, proved a toxic combination. “When I ate every meal, my stomach would hurt for about an hour,” Parashara, 17, recalled. “Then not going

“Well, thank you for doing my podcast,” CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta says to the first guest in “Chasing Life.” “Did you know I had a podcast?” he jokes. “Yes,” replies his wife, Rebecca. “It comes on my Alexa every day.” At the end of April, Sanjay said goodbye to the “Coronavirus: Fact

The US Food and Drug Administration expanded the emergency use authorization for Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine on Monday to include people ages 12 to 15. This is the first Covid-19 vaccine in the United States authorized for use in younger teens and adolescents; the vaccine had previously been authorized for people age 16 and older. Covid-19

Pediatricians and pharmacies across the US are ready to administer Covid-19 vaccines for 12- to 15-year-olds, a development the US Food and Drug Administration predicts could begin in some places Tuesday — and may begin more broadly Thursday. In what President Joe Biden called a “promising development,” the FDA expanded the emergency use authorization (EUA)