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Novavax’s Covid shots rely on protein technology used in other vaccines for decades, rather than the messenger RNA used in the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines.

New COVID booster shots are now available, to help fight the latest variants of the virus. But researchers are already working on a newer vaccine, that could really be a gamechanger. Janelle Wang speaks with UCSF infectious disease expert Dr. Peter Chin-Hong on this.

Pfizer says tweaking its COVID-19 vaccine to better target the omicron variant is safe and boosts protection.

Children as young as six months are now eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine and appointments can be booked online in Santa Clara County. Marianne Favro reports.

A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory committee on Saturday endorsed Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccines for young children, the last step before Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky can issue her final signoff.

U.S. health officials have opened COVID-19 vaccines for infants, toddlers and preschoolers — the last group without the shots.

NBC Bay Area’s Janelle Wang spoke to Dr. Peter Chin-Hong of UCSF about the FDA approving a COVID-19 vaccine for kids at least 6 months old.

An FDA advisory panel approved the Moderna, Pfizer vaccines for children under 5 and shots could be ready to go very soon. Thom Jensen reports.

White House officials say orders have been coming in for COVID-19 vaccine doses for small children. Federal authorization of shots for U.S. kids under 5 is possible next week. The government last week began allowing pharmacies and states to place orders, with 5 million doses initially available. So far, about 1.45 million of the 2.5 million available doses of Pfizer...

The 18 million kids under 5 are the only group in the U.S. not yet eligible for COVID-19 vaccination.

The center’s director, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, adopted a panel’s recommendation Thursday.

Kids ages 5 to 11 should get a booster dose of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, advisers to the U.S. government said Thursday.

Pfizer has cleared another hurdle that could get more shots into kids’ arms. The FDA has authorized a Pfizer booster shot for kids between ages 5 and 11-years-old. But is this safe? Bay Area experts weigh in. Marianne Favro has the details.

The FDA announced Tuesday that it has expanded eligibility for the Pfizer booster shot to include children ages 5 to 11.

Boosters could become available as early as Friday if approved by the CDC, which could come Thursday.

President Joe Biden has appealed to world leaders for a renewed international commitment to attacking COVID-19 as he leads the U.S. in marking the “tragic milestone” of 1 million deaths in America

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A California measure that would allow children age 12 and up to be vaccinated without their parents’ consent, including against the coronavirus, cleared its first legislative hurdle Thursday.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken has tested positive for COVID-19 and is experiencing mild symptoms, his spokesperson confirmed Wednesday.