COVID-19 vaccines

North Texas children as young as five years old may be eligible for a COVID-19 vaccine as soon as November. Pfizer says data shows its vaccine is safe for kids ages 5 through 12 but as health reporter Bianca Castro tells us, federal regulators still have to weigh in.

NBC News Senior Medical Correspondent Dr. John Torres joins NBC 5 to discuss the latest news that Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective for children from 5 to 11-years-old.

The FDA is set to meet Friday to discuss whether to approve vaccine boosters for all Americans, even though more than two million have already received one. It’s a decision officials in North Texas are closely watching.

The Republican National Committee said Thursday that it plans to sue the Biden administration after the president issued two sweeping executive orders that will require COVID vaccines for as many as 100 million Americans.

The Los Angeles board of education has voted to require students 12 and older to be vaccinated against the coronavirus if they attend in-person classes in the nation’s second-largest school district.

Tarrant County’s COVID-19 vaccine demand is slowly increasing but there’s also an increase in new cases, hospitalizations, and deaths, according to the county public health director.

Demand for COVID-19 vaccines in Tarrant County is slowly increasing according to the county’s public health director. But it’s up against a concerning trend showing a rise in new cases, hospitalizations and deaths. NBC 5’s Lili Zheng reports.

The Dallas County health director voiced concerns Monday about a possible COVID-19 holiday surge from Labor Day crowds and gatherings.

The latest NBC News tally showed that the U.S. has recorded at least 40 million cases and over 651,000 deaths, as the fourth wave brought on by the delta variant continues to spread throughout the country.

The rate of hospitalization for COVID-19 among kids ages 0-17 rose five-fold from late June to the middle of August as the delta variant took hold in the United States, the CDC said Friday. Based on data from 14 states — including New York and Connecticut — the CDC said the COVID-associated hospitalization rate for children and adolescents the week…

The NFL has mandated that only fully vaccinated personnel — with a maximum of 50 people — will have access to locker rooms while players are present on game days

Roughly 40 people have received treatment at a new Forth Worth COVID-19 infusion center. The center is one of several throughout the state offering the antibody treatment Regeneron.

The FDA gave Pfizer-BioNTech’s two-dose coronavirus vaccine full approval on Monday for all Americans over the age of 16. The vaccine, which will now be marketed as Comirnaty, is the first COVID-19 vaccine to receive full approval by the agency.

Tarrant County physicians wrote an online article urging unvaccinated people to get vaccinated.

The day before he was supposed to start fourth grade, Francisco Rosales was admitted to a Dallas hospital with COVID-19, struggling to breathe, with dangerously low oxygen levels and an uncertain outcome.

A new study out of RAND and Indiana University found that 140,000 coronavirus deaths were prevented in the U.S. as a result of the early vaccination campaign. In addition to the prevention of thousands of deaths, researchers also estimate the economic impact of the vaccine program to be between $625 billion and $1.4 trillion.

Get a corny dog and a COVID-19 shot next to Big Tex this year at the State Fair of Texas. Fair officials announced the Dallas County Health Department will set up a vaccination site close to Big Tex at the fairgrounds.

Psychiatrists say some people who are on the fence about the COVID-19 shot are underestimating the risks the virus poses, while at the same time, overestimating the side effects of the vaccine. Dr. Aekta Malhotra of Apollo Psychiatry, PLLC says those waiting for the vaccine to get full FDA approval, should feel comfortable getting the vaccination at this point, now…

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Wednesday that all Americans over the age of 18 will be eligible to receive booster shots beginning September 20 to bolster their protection against the coronavirus.

In a public service announcement released Wednesday, Pope Francis encouraged people to get vaccinated against the coronavirus, calling it an “act of love” to protect those most vulnerable during the pandemic.