Nurses who identify as Democrats have a significantly higher likelihood of having their children vaccinated against COVID-19 than those who identify as Republicans.
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Respiratory viruses are hitting young children and infants particularly hard this fall and winter season, and experts don’t yet know exactly why.
With COVID-19 shots finally available for infants and preschoolers, knowing how to combat misinformation on social media and elsewhere could be more important than ever.
The FDA’s authorization of COVID-19 shots for children ages 6 months to 4 years will bring relief for millions of parents. Pending CDC endorsement, shots for this group will be available within days.
The COVID-19 vaccines continue to be effective against severe illness leading to hospitalization and death in all age groups, including children ages 5 to 11.
Not all parents agree about vaccinating their child. Here’s what’s likely to happen if cases go to court.
Obesity and excess weight increase the risk of COVID progressing to severe disease, including in children. Vaccination is key to reducing this risk.
The CDC’s COVID-19 vaccine provider agreement prohibits health care professionals from administering the vaccines in people for whom they are not yet authorized or approved. But this departs from longstanding norms.
An infectious diseases doctor reviews the evidence, discusses hesitancy and concerns about side-effects and explains the overwhelming case for vaccinating five-to-11-year-olds, including his own son.
First CDC signed off on a COVID-19 vaccine for adults, then teens. Now US children ages 5 to 11 are officially eligible for shots. Here’s the science on why each group needs to be considered separately.
When making the decision whether to vaccinate children aged five to 11 against COVID-19, regulators in Canada must rely on sound ethics as well as sound science.
Reducing transmission of the virus among younger people can help Britain reopen more quickly and reduce the risk of the virus infecting those most at risk.
The effects of Ontario’s compulsory school immunization show there are advantages and disadvantages of requiring vaccination.
Vaccine hesitancy in parents shouldn’t mean adolescents can’t get vaccinated.
The question of whether we should be vaccinating children and adolescents against COVID-19 is currently being debated. Here’s why the answer is ‘not yet’.
The COVID-19 vaccines are a smash success. But that doesn’t mean they keep every vaccinated person completely free of the coronavirus.
A serious allergic reaction was reported in a health care worker in Alaska after she received the COVID-19 vaccine. Does this mean that people with allergies need to be concerned? An expert answers.
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Associate Professor of Pediatrics, University of Virginia
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Associate Professor, Discipline of Childhood and Adolescent Health, University of Sydney
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Research Fellow in Child and Adolescent Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, University of Sydney
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Professor in Paediatrics, University of Sydney
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Professor, Department of History, University of Guelph
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Associate Professor of Philosophy and Core Member of the Rotman Institute of Philosophy, Western University
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Research associate, Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, Brown University
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Assistant Professor of Epidemiology, Texas A&M University
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Associate Professor of Epidemiology, University of San Francisco
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Associate Professor, Child and Adolescent Health, University of Sydney
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Senior Principal Research Fellow; paediatrician; infectious diseases epidemiologist; vaccinologist, The University of Melbourne
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Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Bioethicist, University of Cincinnati
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Charles Stewart Mott Endowed Professor of Public Health and an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Human Development at the Michigan State University College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University
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Associate Professor, Infectious Diseases, University of Saskatchewan
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Professor, Discipline of Child and Adolescent Health, University of Sydney
