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- Covid vaccines for children should not get emergency use authorization https://blogs.bmj.com/bmj/2021/05/07/covid-vaccines-for-children-should-not-get-emergency-use-authorization/ 2 comments
- DeSantis aide bucks medical consensus that healthy children should get COVID vaccine https://abcnews.go.com/US/florida-1st-state-advising-giving-covid-19-vaccine/story?id=83301047 11 comments politics
- With nearly 5 million children getting COVID vaccines, no safety problems have been seen, CDC director says https://abcnews.go.com/Health/cdc-director-rochelle-walensky-concerns-myocarditis-million-children/story?id=81659883 1498 comments upliftingnews
- Biden encourages parents to get their eligible children vaccinated against Covid-19: 'A day of relief and celebration' Maegan Vazquez https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/03/politics/vaccinations-children-speech-biden/index.html 8 comments politics
- Ohio’s Vax-a-Million lottery was successful in getting more than 100,000 additional Ohioans to get in line for the COVID-19 vaccine. Nearly 3.5 million adults and 155,000 children had registered by the end of the lottery. The incentive program cost the state about $5.6 million https://www.amjmed.com/article/S0002-9343(21)00466-6/fulltext 209 comments science
- Measles outbreaks may occur as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, officials say, because some vaccination programmes are having to be delayed. Unicef says 117 million children in 37 countries may not get immunised on time. https://www.bbc.com/news/health-52278925 68 comments worldnews
- Dog works full-time at hospital to put children at ease when they get a COVID vaccine https://fox2now.com/news/missouri/dog-works-full-time-at-hospital-to-put-children-at-ease-when-they-get-a-covid-vaccine 22 comments upliftingnews
- COVID-19. There are already one million orphans, and 1.8 million children who have lost a caregiver. But with most of the developing world not expected to get vaccines until 2025, there could be five to seven million by the time the pandemic is over https://www.ox.ac.uk/news/science-blog/one-million-orphans-so-far-hidden-covid-crisis-we-need-talk-about-much-more 7 comments science
- Anti vax Virginia couple die of Covid after finding misinformation on Facebook. Kevin and Misty Mitchem, who left behind five children, passed away after refusing the COVID-19 vaccine — despite their family’s insistence to get inoculated. https://nypost.com/2021/10/17/i-wish-that-id-got-the-shot-dad-of-4-who-died-of-covid/ 5 comments worldnews
- Young children may not need Covid vaccines: ICMR chief tells MPs’ panel amid 3rd wave fear - Dr Balram Bhargava told the panel that ICMR is entitled to 5% royalty on sale price of Covaxin & said it could be possible to break chain of infection if 30% of people get even 1 dose https://theprint.in/health/young-children-may-not-need-covid-vaccines-icmr-chief-tells-mps-panel-amid-3rd-wave-fear/683261/ 4 comments india