The go-ahead from CDC Director Rochelle Walensky is a watershed moment in the fight against the pandemic, which has killed 745,000 people in the United States and infected nearly 2 million kids. (Gardner, 11/2)ĬDC Signs Off On Children’s Coronavirus Vaccine, Allowing Providers To Begin Immunizing Kids Ages 5 To 11 Immediately The agency's decision came hours after its independent vaccine advisers unanimously recommended the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for kids in that age group. (Bolton, 11/3)ĬDC Endorses First Covid-19 Vaccine For Kids 5-11Ĭenters for Disease Control and Prevention Director Rochelle Walensky signed off on allowing children ages 5 to 11 to receive Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine, paving the way for some 28 million kids to get access to the shots. The lack of one could contribute to Montana’s continuing lag in vaccination rates and high ranking in covid cases, hospitalizations and deaths. A state endorsement and ad campaign on television, radio and the internet could encourage and persuade undecided parents to get their kids vaccinated.

That has caused public health and medical experts to plan their own ad campaigns in anticipation that the administration won’t publicly back shots for kids as young as 5 when doses for young children roll out. Greg Gianforte’s administration quashed plans for a public service campaign to promote covid-19 vaccinations for eligible teenagers over the summer, a former state health official said.

Montana’s Governor Nixed A Kids’ Vaccine Campaign, So Health Officials Plan Their Own New York’s Metropolitan Transportation Authority no longer pays a $500,000 death benefit to the families of subway, bus and commuter rail workers who die of covid if the workers were unvaccinated at the time of death. If they die of covid and weren’t vaccinated, their families may not get death benefits they would otherwise have received. Now, the financial fallout might follow workers beyond the grave. These days, workers who refuse to get vaccinated against covid-19 may face financial repercussions, from higher health insurance premiums to loss of their jobs. Unvaccinated? Don’t Count On Leaving Your Family Death Benefits Today's early morning highlights from the major news organizations.

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