COVID-19 vaccines available for Michigan kids ages 6 months to 5 years

June 21st, 20220 LANSING — Both the Pfizer and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines are now approved for children under 5 years of age, after an emergency use authorization from the federal government, and may be available as soon as Tuesday. The Pfizer vaccine, which was already authorized for ages 5 and up, is now authorized down to 6 months of age, while...

Here’s a list of upcoming vaccinations sites for kids 5- 11-years-old in Dearborn, Detroit and Hamtramck

December 16th, 20210 DETROIT — The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) is expanding COVID-19 vaccinations at its neighborhood testing sites to also offer the vaccine to children ages 5- 11-years-old. To date, vaccines have only been offered at these sites to adults and children ages 12 and older. On Nov. 2, Pfizer's COVID-19...

Henry Ford hospital marks first COVID-19 vaccinations for children

November 19th, 20210 DETROIT — Henry Ford Health System began COVID-19 vaccinations for children Thursday, marking a new milestone in the coronavirus pandemic. For parents like Smitha and Michael Hahn of Bloomfield Hills, the occasion was one of excitement and relief. Their children Jack, 7, and Sonya, 5, were the first to receive the first dose of the...

Governor Whitmer signs executive directive expediting distribution of vaccines to children

October 27th, 20210 LANSING — Governor Gretchen Whitmer has issued an executive directive to state departments and agencies to expedite ordering of the COVID-19 vaccine for kids. The directive is also to expedite distribution of the vaccine to ensure that students could continue in-person learning in a safe environment. “Today, we’re taking...

FDA advisors to meet this month to discuss COVID shot for children ages 5-11

October 7th, 20210 WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has confirmed Oct. 26 for its panel of outside advisers to meet and discuss the use of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine in children as young as 5. If approved by that advisory panel, children ages of 5- 11-years-old, numbering around 28 million, will begin receiving the two-dose...

U.S. children ages 12 to 15 could begin COVID-19 vaccinations Thursday

May 11th, 20210 U.S. regulators authorized Pfizer and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for use in children as young as 12 and said they could begin receiving shots as soon as Thursday, widening the country’s inoculation program as vaccination rates have slowed significantly. This is the first COVID-19 vaccine to be authorized in the U.S. for ages 12...