Child Vaccines Are Coming. Who Will Get Them?

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Here’s the latest news from the pandemic:

The pediatric Covid vaccine got some much-needed validation this past week. Turns out, as the omicron variant spread between mid-December and March, some 9 out of 10 children over age 5 who were hospitalized hadn’t been vaccinated. That helped show that the shots were working as intended to prevent the most severe Covid outcomes in kids.