CDC advisers vote to recommend use of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine in 12-15-year-olds

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BREAKING via CNN: 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 for the vaccine in 12-15-year-olds Monday.

A comparison of hospitalization rates from past annual influenza epidemics shows more children and teens have been hospitalized because of COVID-19 than for flu, Oliver said. "However, we note that diagnosed and reported cases are an underestimate," she added. Adjusted estimates, she said, showed 22 million children ages 5-17 had been infected with coronavirus, accounting for 19% of all infections. The CDC has said the official count of diagnosed coronavirus cases underestimates the true count.Oliver also noted that 3,742 cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children, or MIS-C, have been reported.

Sites provided by the federal Health Resources and Services Administration , an agency that provides health services to uninsured and otherwise vulnerable groups and that is helping vaccination efforts, are another resource for kids, Oliver said. "Extensive experience with non-COVID-19 vaccines has demonstrated that immunogenicity and adverse event profiles are generally similar when vaccines are administered simultaneously as when they are administered alone," she added.

 

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