Articles Tagged: COVID vaccine

Federal and state officials and health providers say that vaccinating children is likely to be an even more challenging process than it has been for adults and teens.

Pfizer asked the U.S. government Thursday to allow use of its COVID-19 vaccine in children ages 5 to 11 — and if regulators agree, shots could begin within a matter of weeks.

It’s the highest total since Feb. 15, new state data shows.

Booster shots as well as additional doses of the COVID-19 vaccine are available to eligible Iowans to help boost their immunity against the coronavirus. But how do you know if you qualify? Here’s what you need to know.

COVID-19 poses serious risks to pregnant women, but despite that, many continue to forgo the vaccines. Iowa health care providers say they are seeing more pregnant patients — who are otherwise young and healthy — become severely ill from the virus.

The Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines have proved “highly effective at preventing symptomatic COVID-19” among health care workers in “real-world” settings, according to a new national study that involved 300-plus University of Iowa Health Care workers.

On Monday, University of Iowa Health Care began administering booster shots of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to more than 10,000 employees after federal officials issued new recommendations this past week. UIHC officials estimate the first phase will last four to six weeks.

According to the Iowa Department of public health, 638 people were hospitalized with the virus as of Wednesday, the highest number recorded since Dec. 23 when 644 people were hospitalized.

64 students and staff in the district are currently positive for COVID-19, and 117 in quarantine from exposure. 41 of those students positive for COVID-19 are in kindergarten through sixth grade, which is the population of students not yet eligible to be vaccinated.

Pfizer said Monday its COVID-19 vaccine works for children ages 5 to 11 and that it will seek U.S. authorization for this age group soon — a key step toward beginning vaccinations for youngsters.

An influential federal advisory panel overwhelmingly rejected a plan Friday to give Pfizer COVID-19 booster shots to most Americans, but it endorsed the extra shots for those who are 65 or older or run a high risk of severe disease.

Since students 12+ have the option to be vaccinated against COVID-19, school board decides to leave masks optional for grades 7-12.

The parent company of Cedar Rapids’ largest employer Collins Aerospace is optimistic about the commercial aerospace recovery despite the COVID-19 Delta variant.

An Iowa woman whose husband died from a breakthrough COVID-19 infection is blaming Americans who refuse to mask or get vaccinated.

Federal judge ordered Monday that the state immediately halt enforcement of a law that prevents school districts from requiring them to mitigate the spread of COVID-19.