The Illinois Department of Public Health has adopted the CDC’s recommendations for certain populations to receive COVID-19 booster shots six months after getting vaccinated. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that people ages 65 and older, 18 and older in long-term care settings and ages 50-64 with underlying medical conditions should receive […]
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Lake County to begin COVID-19 vaccinations for kids ages 12 to 15 on Thursday
The Lake County Health Department announced that children ages 12 to 15 years old will be eligible for the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine starting on Thursday. On Monday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) expanded the emergency use authorization for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to ages 12 through 15 following a review of clinical trial […]