Sign up for an email subscription.Last month, David Kearney was named the new president and CEO of Esse Health, a St. This is part of the KHN Morning Briefing, a summary of health policy coverage from major news organizations. Beyond the direct health damage caused by COVID-19, no other area will have as far-reaching impact as pandemic-driven school closures. The long-term economic cost of school closures could reach into the trillions, according to a paper released this week. Study: Pandemic School Closures Will Cost The U.S. Ensuring international students can get their vaccines is one big piece of safely reopening campuses - which, in turn, could also help reverse some of the dramatic enrollment declines U.S. (Gostanian and Siemaszko, 5/23)Ĭolleges Navigate Vaccine Hurdles For International StudentsĪs more colleges and universities announce COVID vaccine requirements for the fall, they are facing additional logistical challenges figuring out what that will look like for international students. “So I tell them if you can’t have that loving conversation with your parents and you’re of age, weigh those consequences seriously. Ethan Lindenberger, 20, got his first dose three weeks ago and said doing so “could save someone’s life.” “Teens faced with this have to weigh things like ‘I know vaccines are lifesaving, but I don’t want to become homeless,’” he said. The Gen Zer from Ohio who made a splash two years ago for defying his mother to get his childhood immunizations has a message for teenagers seeking Covid-19 vaccinations and getting pushback from their parents - get one if you can. (Cohen, 5/21)įaced With Anti-Vaccination Parents, Teens Are Helping One Another Get Covid Shots The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention last week cleared Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for kids ages 12 to 15, and the agency says at least 600,000 kids got a shot within the first week. The Biden administration and some employers have not extended COVID-19 vaccine paid leave policies to parents helping kids get shots, which children's health advocates say could make it difficult for some of the most vulnerable to get vaccinated.
Parents Getting Kids Shots Left Out Of COVID-19 Paid Leave Options Other news related to youth vaccinations. The agency has posted guidance on its website urging doctors and clinicians to be alert to unusual heart symptoms among young people who had just received their shots.
The C.D.C.’s review of the reports is in the early stages, and the agency has yet to determine whether there is any evidence that the vaccines caused the heart condition.
The condition, called myocarditis, is an inflammation of the heart muscle, and can occur following certain infections. The group’s statement was sparse in details, saying only that there were “relatively few” cases and that they may be entirely unrelated to vaccination. (Anilkumar, 5/23)ĬDC Is Investigating Heart Problems In A Few Young Covid-19 Vaccine Recipients The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices in a statement dated May 17 said it had looked into reports that a few young vaccine recipients, predominantly adolescents and young adults, and predominantly male, developed myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory group said, recommending further study of the rare condition. Some teenagers and young adults who received COVID-19 vaccines experienced heart inflammation, a U.S. CDC Looking Into Heart Inflammation In Some Young Vaccine Recipients "Relatively few" cases are apparently involved, but the CDC is still concerned about reports of heart inflammation in some teenagers and young adults who've had covid vaccines. CDC Investigates Rare Myocarditis In Young Covid Vaccine Recipients
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