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The American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association are collaborating to collect and share all publicly available data from states on child COVID-19 cases.
Fauci: Vaccines for Kids as Young as First Graders Could Be Authorized by September
For this to happen by the start of the next school year, trials need to prove the vaccine is safe and effective in children. Experts say manufacturers aren’t moving quickly enough, and that this is important for achieving herd immunity and stopping the spread of variants.
Children as young as first graders may be able to get the coronavirus vaccine by the time school starts in September, presuming trials are successful in those age groups, Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, said in an interview with ProPublica.
“We’re in the process of starting clinical trials in what we call age de-escalation, where you do a clinical trial with people 16 to 12, then 12 to 9, then 9 to 6,” Fauci said. When asked what was the youngest age group that might be authorized for the vaccine by September, he said, “I would think by the time we get to school opening, we likely will be able to get people who come into the first grade.”
... Despite the need, Pfizer is the only manufacturer whose pediatric vaccine trials are far enough along to potentially have data on elementary-school age children by the end of the summer.
Pfizer has finished enrolling participants in its study of 12- to 15-year-olds and anticipates having data in “the early part of 2021,” according to a spokeswoman. “From there, we will plan to finalize our study in 5-11 year olds,” she added. As Pfizer completes its trials in adolescents, then 5- to 11-year-olds, it’ll need to submit the data to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for review and get authorization for the vaccine’s use in those age groups before it’s available; currently in the U.S., the vaccine is indicated only for those ages 16 and up.
Moderna is still enrolling participants in its trial for adolescents ages 12 to 18, and it is “on track to provide updated data around mid-year 2021,” the company said in an emailed statement.
The American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association are collaborating to collect and share all publicly available data from states on child COVID-19 cases.
The American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association are collaborating to collect and share all publicly available data from states on child COVID-19 cases.
More than 61,000 children got Covid-19 last week, a record
Nov. 2, 2020, 4:59 PM CST
By Erika Edwards
More than 61,000 children in the U.S. were diagnosed with Covid-19 last week — more than in any other week during the pandemic, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children's Hospital Association reported Monday.
In all, 853,635 children have been diagnosed with the virus this year, representing 11.1 percent of all U.S. cases. The percentage of pediatric cases has risen steadily since mid-April, when children accounted for just 2 percent of Covid-19 cases in the country.
Last Updated 10/26/2020 Source American Academy of Pediatrics
State-level reports are the best publicly available data on child COVID-19 cases in the United States. The American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association are collaborating to collect and share all publicly available data from states on child COVID-19 cases (definition of “child” case is based on varying age ranges reported across states; see report Appendix for details and links to all data sources).
On October 22, the age distribution of reported COVID-19 cases was provided on the health department websites of 49 states, New York City, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and Guam. While children represented only 11.0% of all cases in states reporting cases by age, over 792,000 children have tested positive for COVID-19 since the onset of the pandemic.
The American Academy of Pediatrics and the Children’s Hospital Association are collaborating to collect and share all publicly available data from states on child COVID-19 cases.
The Coronavirus in Kids (COVKID) Tracking and Education Project provides accurate, comprehensive surveillance data on COVID-19 in kids, including racial/ethnic disparities. We are a program of the Women's Institute for Independent Social Enquiry (www.wiise-usa.org)
The Coronavirus in Kids (COVKID) Tracking and Education Project provides accurate, comprehensive surveillance data on COVID-19 in kids, including racial/ethnic disparities. We are a program of the Women's Institute for Independent Social Enquiry (www.wiise-usa.org)
The Coronavirus in Kids (COVKID) Tracking and Education Project provides accurate, comprehensive surveillance data on COVID-19 in kids, including racial/ethnic disparities. We are a program of the Women's Institute for Independent Social Enquiry (www.wiise-usa.org)
The Coronavirus in Kids (COVKID) Tracking and Education Project provides accurate, comprehensive surveillance data on COVID-19 in kids, including racial/ethnic disparities. We are a program of the Women's Institute for Independent Social Enquiry (www.wiise-usa.org)
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