Vaccine advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration will meet Thursday to discuss what information the agency should ask for in considering the go-ahead for vaccinating children under 12 -- ...

COVID-19 infections have risen "exponentially" among children in the US since July, according to data published Monday by the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP). The group reported 243,373 new cases ...

New recommendations last week from an influential vaccine panel handpicked by Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. broke with long-standing U.S. precedent on Covid shots and ...

It's perfectly acceptable for 5- to-11-year-olds preparing to receive a vaccine against COVID-19 also to receive other protective shots they may have missing during the pandemic lockdown. For some ...

It’s a bad viral season in the state, and the number of children immunized against COVID has declined sharply.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The FDA has limited who can get the latest COVID-19 vaccines, leaving many children without easy access. The American Academy of ...

Children are more likely to develop rare heart complications following COVID infection than vaccination The elevated heart risk from COVID infection was broader and lasted at least a year By ...

Abrupt policy changes and confusing public messaging have injected confusion in back-to-school vaccine protocols. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here ...

Children who have Covid twice are at double the risk of experiencing long Covid, an often debilitating condition. The findings, published Tuesday, challenge the perception that Covid cases in children ...

In sweeping changes to the childhood vaccine schedule, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention no longer recommends universal vaccination against six diseases. In justifying the move, health ...