The Latest on COVID-19

Updated on October 7, 2021 at 1:45 p.m. PDT

A new study from the CDC found that over 140,000 U.S. children lost at least one caregiver to COVID-19 during the pandemic. The findings, which were published in the journal Pediatrics, revealed that more children were orphaned during the pandemic than previously thought. Black and Hispanic children were the most affected.
Finland joined Sweden and Denmark in pausing use of Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine for younger people, reported Reuters. Finland will now limit the vaccine’s use in younger men due to reports of a rare side effect of myocarditis.
Pfizer and BioNTech announced on social media that they’ve submitted a request for FDA authorization of their COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11. With authorization, younger children could start to get the vaccine within weeks.