By Rachana Pradhan and Hannah Recht The national effort to vaccinate children has stalled even as the omicron variant upends schooling for millions of children and their families amid staffing shortages, shutdowns and heated battles over how to safely operate. Vaccination rates vary substantially across the country, a KHN analysis […]
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As Omicron Surges, Effort to Vaccinate Young Children Stalls
Rachana Pradhan and Hannah Recht Two months after Pfizer’s covid vaccine was authorized for children ages 5 to 11, just 27{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c} have received at least one shot, according to Jan. 12 data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Only 18{fe463f59fb70c5c01486843be1d66c13e664ed3ae921464fa884afebcc0ffe6c}, or 5 million kids, have both doses. The […]