With New York expecting its first shipment of the COVID-19 pediatric vaccines in the coming days, CNHI’s New York bureau invited Dr. Joseph R. Sellers, a veteran pediatrician and internal medicine specialist at Bassett Medical Center in Cooperstown and Cobleskill Hospital, to discuss the ...

WASHINGTON — The Food and Drug Administration on Friday paved the way for children ages 5 to 11 to get Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine. The FDA cleared kid-size doses — just a third of the amount given to teens and adults — for emergency use, and up to 28 million more American children ...

MALONE — Franklin County Public Health reported the deaths of two county residents Tuesday, bringing the death toll there to 22. It appears one of the individuals passed away at University of Vermont Health Network, Alice Hyde Medical Center. Alice Hyde Communications and Media Relations ...

ELIZABETHTOWN — Local health departments reported the COVID-related deaths of three residents Monday, bringing the coronavirus death toll in the tri-county area to 97. Two of the fatalities were posted by the Essex County Health Department, who shared that one of the individuals was a ...

WASHINGTON — Kid-size doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine may be getting closer as government advisers on Tuesday began deliberating whether there’s enough evidence that the shots are safe and effective for 5- to 11-year-olds. A study of elementary schoolchildren found the Pfizer shots ...

(AP) Kid-size doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine appear safe and nearly 91% effective at preventing symptomatic infections in 5- to 11-year-olds, according to study details released Friday as the U.S. considers opening vaccinations to that age group. The shots could begin in early ...