Children Vaccine

Several working parents are worried about sending their young, unvaccinated children to school and many are also reluctant to get their eligible children (12 years and above) vaccinated even as nobody wants schools to go back to the online…

The country's drug regulator has given emergency approval to the Biological E's COVID-19 vaccine Corbevax for 12-18 years. It is the second vaccine for children after Bharat Biotech's Covaxin. However, the government has not yet…

Another vaccine in India has been recommended for Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the Subject Expert Committee, according to a news report by the ANI agency. Hyderabad-based pharmaceutical company Biological E's Covid…

Health authorities across the country have started the vaccination drive for teenagers, falling in the age group of 15-18, against COVID-19. Fuelled by the Omicron variant of the novel coronavirus, a rapid surge in COVID-19 infections is…

Vancouver father Geoff Berner says he’s sick of waiting for Health Canada to make up its mind on COVID-19 vaccines for children under 12. “They don’t seem to want to protect children at all here,” he said. “So it seems like it’s…

Pfizer Inc and BioNTech have asked U.S. regulators to approve emergency use of their COVID-19 vaccine for children aged five to 11, Pfizer said in a tweet on Thursday. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has set a date of Oct.…

Pfizer has submitted initial trial data for its COVID-19 vaccine for children five to 11 to Health Canada, the company said Friday. In an email to Global News, Pfizer said it has sent in its findings and continues to work with…

Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE on Tuesday submitted initial trial data for their COVID-19 vaccine in children aged 5 to 11 and said they would make a formal request with U.S. regulators for emergency use in the coming weeks.…

In an ideal world, Leah Smithers said she could afford to wait for longer-term testing of the COVID-19 vaccines before getting the jab for her 10-year-old son. But with his juvenile diabetes putting him at greater risk of…

British Columbia is “actively preparing” to provide the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to children aged six to 11, if and when it receives Health Canada approval. Provincial health officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said Tuesday there is…