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Governor Cooper tours pediatric office to highlight eligibility for children 5-11 to receive COVID-19 vaccine

Governor Cooper tours pediatric office to highlight eligibility for children 5-11 to receive COVID-19 vaccine

NC Political News
Health, State Government

Governor Roy Cooper and North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) Secretary Mandy K. Cohen, M.D. toured Chapel Hill Pediatrics and Adolescents, P.A. in Orange County to see their operations to vaccinate children ages 5-11. The pediatrician’s office will begin administering vaccines for children ages 5-11, following the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) authorization of a lower dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s (CDC) recommendation that children ages 5–11 receive the vaccine.

FDA and CDC Authorize Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine for Children Age 12 and Older

FDA and CDC Authorize Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine for Children Age 12 and Older

NC Political News
Health, State Government

Based on a review of safety and effectiveness data from clinical trials in the United States and the expanded emergency authorization by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the CDC today recommended use of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 12 through 15.