COVID-19: Vaccines and Therapeutics
Parents will do anything to keep their kids healthy, yet many children remain unvaccinated for COVID-19.
In time for back-to-school health screenings, AHA Aug. 25 released an infographic on strategies that clinicians and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have employed to encourage COVID-19 vaccinations among children.
Receiving a COVID-19 mRNA vaccine or booster during pregnancy can benefit pregnant people and their newborn infants, according to findings from a federally funded study published in Vaccine.
Vaccines are powerful weapons against most diseases. Nearly a dozen serious diseases —including polio, smallpox and whooping cough — have been eradicated because of vaccines. That’s important to remember as we observe National Immunization Awareness Month in August.
In this AHA webinar replay for health care providers, experts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and hospitals clarify what COVID-19 vaccines are available and share strategies to help promote vaccination, especially in children under age 5.
Micah Niermann, M.D. discusses how Gillette Children's is reaching their pediatric community and fighting vaccine misinformation.
Fostering trust in both the COVID-19 vaccines and other necessary pediatric vaccinations is an essential part of Gillette Children's effort to protect families and their communities.
MUSC Health in Charleston, S.C., shares tips on how it collaborated with community stakeholders in the school system and beyond to spread confidence in COVID-19 vaccines
A new AHA video highlights how COVID-19 vaccines and boosters allow individuals to safely celebrate and savor life’s big and small triumphs.
Confusion still exists, including in the provider community, around the process of receiving the COVID vaccine and booster. Join this webinar to hear directly from CDC and other experts in the field.