COVID vaccine rollout for kids aged 5-11 will look a bit different than it did for adults.
 |  | By Paola de Varona, Associate News Editor | | Vaccines for kids aged 5-11 have finally arrived. In a meeting yesterday, a panel advising the CDC voted to recommend the shot, and CDC officials signed off on the recommendation last night.
In a few days the shots will be widely available. But the rollout is going to look a little different than it did for adults last December.
Lining up at your nearest stadium for your COVID shot is now a relic of the past. | | | Today's Top Story | | Clinics and Schools Are the New Vaccination Sites |  | To prepare for a speedy rollout following this authorization, the Biden administration ordered 15 million pediatric doses of Pfizer's vaccine ahead of time. There's one key difference between the rollout for adults versus children. Instead of getting vaccinated at mass vaccine sites, kids will be getting their shots in familiar places.
Children will have the option of getting vaccinated at their doctor's office, school and community clinics, or local pharmacies. By making shots available at trusted locales, the White House hopes family doctors and providers will be available to answer any questions or concerns parents may have. | | Know More | Providers administering shots to kids are also planning on changing up their approach a bit.
Nava Yeganeh, MD, MPH, pediatrics and infectious disease specialist at the University of California Los Angeles, has worked with the LA Department of Health school-based vaccine clinics for the past year. "We're looking at ways to design clinics to really minimize anxiety in young children," she says.
For example, vaccine site staff might make sure kids don't have to wait in long lines before getting their shot. Some plan to set up play areas and activities to keep kids entertained during the 15-minute post-jab waiting period. | | Feel Better | Some parents are worried about the risk of serious vaccine-related side effects like myocarditis, a type of heart inflammation. But Yeganeh says that throughout the pandemic, clinics have stopped giving shots when regulators indicated there was a risk. Providers administering the shots to kids will be on high alert for adverse reactions.
"We are constantly looking for these different types of safety signals and trying to make sure we get this information to the public as soon as possible," she says. | | |  | | According to a Kaiser Family Foundation survey, about three in 10 parents are eager to get their child vaccinated, while a third plan to wait and see. |  |  | | This Probiotic Coffee Will Get Your Gut Going | | If you follow a dairy-free diet, this new coffee could be the perfect way to get your probiotics in. A team in Singapore recently developed this shelf-stable coffee that touts 1 billion live probiotics. Dietitians say the beverage is safe, but suggest allowing your body some time to adjust to the new routine. While this current product hasn't hit the market yet, you can look for other caffeinated drinks containing probiotics like Poppi's prebiotic sodas. | | | | If You're Unvaccinated, You Might Get COVID More than Once | | According to a new analysis by Yale researchers, people who are unvaccinated are at risk of getting reinfected with COVID just three months after they contract COVID the first time. The risk of reinfection rises to 50% after 17 months, and 95% after five years. So, COVID isn't going away anytime soon. Your best defense against getting severe illness: vaccines and booster shots. | | | | | |  | | Debbie Petitpain, MS, RDN, LD, a spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, shares how you can keep your gut in check without a probiotic-infused drink. |  | | The primary way to maintain a healthy gut is to eat a healthy well-rounded diet that has plenty of fiber. Getting enough fruits, vegetables, and whole grains is a great way to do that. | |  |  | Debbie Petitpain, MS, RDN, LD
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