COVID vaccination in kids protects against serious outcomes, but it wanes over time, new data show
University of Minnesota http://twin -cities.umn.edu/ 612-625-5000 Today in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report, researchers examine the durability of COVID-19 vaccination during Omicron circulation among kids 5 to 18 years and find that two doses of the original monovalent (single-strain) mRNA COVID-19 vaccine was 52% effective against pediatric COVID-19 hospitalization and 57% effective against critical illness, if the vaccine was administered no longer than 4 months preceding hospitalization. Beginning