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FDA approves Pfizer’s COVID booster for children 12 to 15

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention meets Wednesday to discuss giving final approval.

January 4, 2022

FDA approves first antiviral pill for treatment of COVID

Pfizer's Paxlovid pill is designed for the treatment of mild-to-moderate cases of COVID-19 in patients 12 and older.

December 22, 2021

Science is winning

And then it hit me. Most people aren’t afraid of the vaccine. They want it, for themselves and their children.

November 7, 2021

FDA authorizes Pfizer’s COVID vaccine for use with kids 5 to 11

A CDC advisory committee is to debate the vaccine for those younger children on Tuesday. The CDC director will have final say.

October 29, 2021

UAB pediatrician urges parents to vaccinate children 5 to 11 once available

COVID-19 is the eighth leading cause of death for the age group.

October 27, 2021

Report: Mo Brooks failed to disclose personal stock sales

Brooks sold up to $50,000 in a vaccine-maker's stock and didn't report the sale for nearly two months.

October 20, 2021

FDA fully approves Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine

Many in the medical community have been awaiting this action, hopeful it will result in more people becoming vaccinated.

August 23, 2021

WTO to meet to consider temporarily lifting vaccine patent protection

According to the UN, wealthy countries received 82 percent of vaccine doses, while poor nations received less than 1 percent.

July 28, 2021

How is the COVID vaccine safe if they made it so fast? A UAB doctor explains

Four key things, some of which were in motion for decades, came together at the right time.

May 31, 2021

Alabama opens Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine to ages 12 to 15

Public health officials urge parents to get their children 12 and up vaccinated to ease a return to school next year and prevent outbreaks.

May 13, 2021