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A 16-year-old gets a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in Anaheim, Calif., on April 28. Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now say it's not necessary for adolescents to wait two weeks after a COVID shot to receive routine immunizations. Paul Bersebach/MediaNews Group via Getty Images hide caption
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Adolescents Can Get Routine Immunizations With Their COVID Shots, CDC Advisers Say
May 13, 2021 • Children's immunizations dropped dramatically during the pandemic, and health officials are eager to get kids caught back up on their routine shots before they return to school.
Adolescents Can Get Routine Immunizations With Their COVID Shots, CDC Advisers Say
A light micrograph of a mature sporangium of a mucor fungus. India is seeing a rise in cases of mucormycosis, a rare but dangerous fungal infection. Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images hide caption