Vaccinating Your Kids Against COVID-19

This podcast episode is for parents and child caregivers, or anyone who's interested in learning more about getting kids vaccinated for COVID-19. The goal of this episode is to help you talk to and work with your child's doctor and healthcare team about COVID-19 vaccines.

You will learn about:

What COVID-19 is and what it can do to the body
COVID-19 vaccines and how they help protect you
Getting your child vaccinated for COVID-19
Talking to your child's doctor and healthcare team about COVID-19 vaccination

Certain medicines listed in this activity may have either a US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval or have been given an Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) by the FDA to treat or prevent COVID-19. The information on COVID-19 is continually changing. The content in this activity is accurate based on the information that was available at the time of its publication. This resource is provided for educational and informational purposes only. We do not provide medical advice, diagnosis, or treatment.

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Drs Greg Poland and Todd Wolynn talk about what you need to know about getting your kids vaccinated against COVID-19.

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Authors and Disclosures

Faculty

Gregory A. Poland, MD, FIDSA, MACP, FRCP(London)

Professor of Medicine and Infectious Diseases

Mayo Clinic College of Medicine

Director of the Vaccine Research Group

Mayo Clinic

Rochester, Minnesota

Gregory A. Poland, MD, FIDSA, MACP, FRCP, has the following relevant financial relationships:

Consultant or advisor for: 3D Communications; AiZtech; AstraZeneca UK Limited; Emergent BioSolutions; Exelixis, Inc.; Genevant Sciences, Inc.; GlaxoSmithKline; Janssen Global Services, LLC;

Lilly; Medicago USA; Merck & Co., Inc.; Moderna; Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Syneos Health; Vaneva; Vyriad.

Royalties from: ICW Inc.

Patent beneficiary of: ICW Inc.

Todd Wolynn, MD, MMM

CEO

Kids Plus Pediatrics

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Todd Wolynn, MD, MMM, has the following relevant financial relationships:

Consultant or advisor for: Merck; Novavax; Sanofi.

Speaker or member of speakers bureau for: Merck; Sanofi.

Editor

Anita A. Galdieri, PharmD, RPh

Associate Director, Content Development. Medscape, LLC.

Anita A. Galdieri, PharmD, RPh, has no relevant financial relationships.