Preliminary findings on COVID vaccine for kids under 5 with Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH | COVID-19 Update

AMA CXO Todd Unger reviews the latest on vaccines for children ages 6 months through 4 years, as well as boosters for 5-11 year olds with AMA Director of Science, Medicine and Public Health, Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH. Also covering CDC's recommendation on a second booster shot for people 50 or older, and the latest on the monkeypox outbreak.

0:00 AMA COVID-19 Update for May 25, 2022
0:35 FDA authorized Pfizer COVID booster for children in the 5-11 age group last Tuesday
0:46 ACIP recommended a booster dose for all children aged 5 to 11; CDC endorsed the recommendation later that same day
1:53 AMA supports ACIP's recommendation for third dose COVID booster for children 5-11 years old
2:52 Booster recommendation was based on data Pfizer reported in April
4:12 Only one in three children between the ages of 5 and 11 in the U.S. have received two doses of the COVID vaccine
5:15 CDC now recommends all people 50 or older should get a second booster shot if at least four months have passed since their first COVID booster dose
6:23 Pfizer reported preliminary findings of a clinical trial for children under 5 years old
7:46 More than 45 percent of Americans now live in areas with high transmission rates and should consider wearing a mask in indoor public settings
8:56 Hospitalizations are now increasing in all but five U.S. states and territories
10:26 WHO panel concluded that governments around the world are no better prepared today to address a new global disease threat than they were just before the coronavirus outbreak
11:53 What is the latest on the monkeypox virus?

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