vaccines for children

The Pfizer and Moderna shots are now available at local pharmacies around LA County — but just because they’re available doesn’t mean parents are rushing to get their kids vaccinated. Toni Guinyard reports for Today in LA on Tuesday, June 21, 2022. 

LA County Public Health says it is ready to begin administering the shots starting Tuesday. Video aired during Today in LA on June 19, 2022.

The FDA authorized the first COVID-19 vaccination for children as young as six months on Friday. A panel of CDC advisors will vote Saturday, meaning shots for infants and preschoolers could be available as early as next week.

An analysis from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration states that kid-sized doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine appears safe and effective for children under five, which would be a huge step towards vaccinating the nation’s youngest children who were previously unprotected.

Students between the ages of 5 and 11 can now get vaccinated at one of 13 school-based clinics hosted by the Los Angeles Unified School District.

The school district is strongly encouraging, but not mandating, that students ages 5 to 11 get the shot. Older students ages 12 to 18, are required to do so. Toni Guinyard reports for Today in LA on Tuesday, Nov. 16, 2021.

In 1972, Big Bird lined up on `Sesame Street’ to receive a measles vaccine as part of a campaign to get more youngsters inoculated against the disease

The COVID vaccine for children is on its way to doctors’ offices across the country, and could be ready to use as soon as Wednesday, White House officials said Monday. The Food and Drug Administration authorized Pfizer-BioNTech’s lower-dose COVID vaccine for emergency use in kids ages 5 to 11 Friday, a move that allowed the federal government to start distributing doses to pediatricians’...

The Food and Drug Administration on Friday paved the way for children ages 5 to 11 to get Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine. The FDA cleared kid-size doses — just a third of the amount given to teens and adults — for emergency use, and up to 28 million more American children could be eligible for vaccinations as early as next week….

Los Angeles Unified School District launched a vaccination program beginning May 24 to provide access to COVID-19 vaccinations to 300,000 students ages 12-18 in its schools.

Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) launched a vaccination program beginning on May 24 to provide access to COVID-19 vaccinations to 300,000 students ages 12-18 in its schools over a two-week period. Mobile teams of clinicians will visit 250 secondary schools to bring the vaccine to schools. All 86,000 women and men who work in LAUSD, including school principals, bus…

LAUSD’s program aims to provide COVID-19 vaccines to 300,000 students at 250 schools using mobile vaccinations clinics.

The Los Angeles Unified School District is launching a program to vaccinate students ages 12 through 18. Superintendent Austin Beutner shares information about that program and what the fall will look like with NBC4 on Thursday, May 20, 2021.

Los Angeles Unified School District high schools are planning to host their own “safe, socially distanced” outdoor graduation ceremonies, offer summer school to all students, and deploy mobile coronavirus vaccination teams to get as many shots into students’ arms as possible.

“This is a huge milestone in our effort to fully vaccinate everyone against COVID-19,” Long Beach Mayor Robert Garcia said. “By getting vaccinated, these kids protect not only themselves but everyone around them.”

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