By Jacqueline Howard, CNN Now that the United States has started rolling out child doses of the Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for children ages 5 to 11, many parents are wondering when shots could be available for even younger kids. US health officials estimate that could be next year. “We’re probably a few more months off
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Vaccine advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration voted 17-0 with one abstention Tuesday to recommend Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine in children 5 to 11.
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By Jen Christensen, CNN The need for liver transplants because of heavy drinking soared during the pandemic, researchers reported Tuesday. They found the number of people who got a liver transplant or were put on a waiting list due to alcoholic hepatitis was 50% higher than what was forecast based on pre-pandemic trends. With alcoholic
Continue Reading By Jen Christensen, CNN The need for liver transplants because of heavy drinking soared during the pandemic, researchers reported Tuesday. They found the number of people who got a liver transplant or were put on a waiting list due to alcoholic hepatitis was 50% higher than what was forecast based on pre-pandemic trends. With alcoholic
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By Maggie Fox, CNN Vaccine advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration voted 17-0 with one abstention Tuesday to recommend emergency use authorization of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine in children ages 5 to 11. Members of the FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee agreed the benefits of vaccinating younger children appeared to outweigh
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By Sandee LaMotte, CNN I am a card-carrying scaredy-cat. I’ve never seen “Halloween” (any of them). Or “Scream” or “Saw” or “The Blair Witch Project” or “It.” My kids know better than to suggest it — I’ve embarrassed them too many times by squealing loudly in the theater when some small scare pops up from
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By Lauren Kent, CNN Running shoes, keys, watch — I used to always grab the essentials before heading out for a jog. When I first began running in high school on the track team, it made sense to carefully clock every mile and push myself to race for personal bests. But as I transitioned from
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By Sandee LaMotte, CNN Marijuana vaping by school-aged youth doubled between 2013 and 2020, a new study found, with reported use within the last 30 days rising seven-fold during the same time period. The study, published Monday in JAMA Pediatrics, analyzed 17 studies conducted throughout Canada and the United States that involved nearly 200,000 adolescents.
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By Jamie Gumbrecht, CNN Interim results of a Phase 2/3 trial showed Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine was well-tolerated and generated a robust immune response in children ages 6 to 11, the company said Monday. The trial included more than 4,700 participants between the ages of 6 and 11, and looked at two 50-microgram doses of Moderna’s
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By Susannah Cullinane, CNN As the number of new daily cases of Covid-19 continues to fall in the US, the country awaits a major milestone that could provide another critical tool in the fight against the pandemic — the first vaccine for children ages 5 to 11. And Dr. Scott Gottlieb, a former US Food
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By Elizabeth Cohen, CNN Senior Medical Correspondent On September 17, Mayra Arana made the phone call she says saved her life. Arana had been vaccinated against Covid-19, but she developed a breakthrough infection. She feared the virus might kill her, since her immune system is weak after years of treatment for leukemia. Arana’s family physician
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By Katie Hurley, CNN An 11-year-old girl was petrified — her word — of needles, so much so that she didn’t want to talk about it with me. She couldn’t talk about it without becoming visibly upset. Her heart raced, her breathing became rapid, and her stomach hurt when she tried to answer my questions.
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By Katie Hurley, CNN An 11-year-old girl was petrified — her word — of needles, so much so that she didn’t want to talk about it with me. She couldn’t talk about it without becoming visibly upset. Her heart raced, her breathing became rapid, and her stomach hurt when she tried to answer my questions.
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By Alaa Elassar and Nadia Kounang, CNN The nation’s top infectious disease expert says some 28 million children ages 5 to 11 in the United States may be able to receive their Covid-19 vaccine in the first two weeks of November. With the US Food and Drug Administration’s vaccine advisory group set to discuss a
Continue Reading By Maggie Fox, CNN Vaccine advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration voted 17-0 with one abstention Tuesday to recommend emergency use authorization of Pfizer’s Covid-19 vaccine in children ages 5 to 11. Members of the FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee agreed the benefits of vaccinating younger children appeared to outweigh
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By Scott McLean, Florence Davey-Attlee, Kocha Olarn and Tim Lister, CNN Trash bags stuffed full of used medical gloves, some visibly soiled, some even blood-stained, litter the floor of a warehouse on the outskirts of Bangkok. Nearby is a plastic bowl, filled with blue dye and a few gloves. Thai officials say migrant laborers had
Continue Reading By Scott McLean, Florence Davey-Attlee, Kocha Olarn and Tim Lister, CNN Trash bags stuffed full of used medical gloves, some visibly soiled, some even blood-stained, litter the floor of a warehouse on the outskirts of Bangkok. Nearby is a plastic bowl, filled with blue dye and a few gloves. Thai officials say migrant laborers had
Continue Reading By Maggie Fox, CNN Federal agencies updated recalls and warnings to doctors Wednesday about aromatherapy sprays that have been linked to fatal cases of a rare tropical disease. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said doctors should be on the lookout for symptoms of melioidosis — a difficult-to-diagnose infection caused by the bacteria
Continue Reading By Jen Christensen, CNN Some 28 million children ages 5 to 11 in the United States may soon be eligible for the Covid-19 vaccine, and plans are already underway to help them get it. The US Food and Drug Administration’s independent vaccine advisory board will meet Tuesday to discuss whether Pfizer and BioNTech’s Covid-19 vaccine
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By Maggie Fox, CNN It was a mystery by any definition of the word — a rare tropical infection that had sickened people in the decidedly non-tropical states of Minnesota and Kansas, as well as Texas. The first patient to get sick, in Kansas in March, died. They all were infected with a bacteria known
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