Tag: Child and teen health

New Merck pneumonia vaccine OK’d in US weeks after Pfizer’s

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U.S. regulators have approved a new pneumonia vaccine from Merck, more than a month after OK'ing an improved version of rival Pfizer’s shot. ...

EU likely to decide on Moderna COVID shot for kids next week

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AMSTERDAM — A top official at the European Medicines Agency said a decision on whether to recommend that Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine be authorized for...

Fired Tennessee vaccine official received dog muzzle in mail

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee's former top vaccination official received a dog muzzle in the mail a few days before she was fired this week...

Kentucky contracts with Baptist-affiliated children’s agency

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FRANKFORT, Ky. — Kentucky reached a contract deal Thursday to continue placing youngsters with a Baptist-affiliated children’s agency, coming after the Democratic governor's administration...

US says order coming this week on border asylum restrictions

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FORT WORTH, Texas — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will issue an order this week about how migrant children are treated...

Young Mexicans party again, though some line up for vaccine

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MEXICO CITY — Young adults in Mexico are coming out to party again, even as the country enters its third wave of coronavirus infections...

Ex-Tennessee vaccine leader: Firing put politics over health

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NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee's former top vaccinations official said she couldn't stay silent after she was fired this week amid scrutiny from Republican state...

Cold weather virus in summer baffles docs, worries parents

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The recent emergence of a virus that typically sickens children in colder months has baffled U.S. pediatricians and put many infants in the hospital...

In Illinois, Biden to push money for families and child care

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WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden is turning his focus to pitching his proposed investments in families and education, using a visit to a community...

After pandemic pause, one woman’s crusade for kids resumes

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NEW YORK — After more than two decades beating the odds to obtain medical care for children injured in war and crises around the...