COVID-19 vaccine safety in children and teens

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• Corporate Authors:
  National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (U.S.). Division of Viral Diseases.
• Description:
  Updated June 19, 2022
  
  What You Need to Know
  
  • Tens of millions of children and teens ages 5 through 17 years have received at least one dose of a COVID-19 vaccine.
  
  • Through continued safety monitoring, COVID-19 vaccination has been found safe for children and teens.
  
  • The benefits of COVID-19 vaccination outweigh the known and potential risks.
  
  • CDC recommends everyone ages 5 years and older get vaccinated against COVID-19. All children ages 5 years and older should also get a COVID-19 booster, when eligible.
  
  • Use CDC’s COVID-19 booster tool to learn if and when your child or teen can get boosters to stay up to date with their COVID-19 vaccines.
  
  
• Subjects:
  Adolescent Adverse Drug Reaction Reporting Systems Child Coronavirus Infections/prevention & Control COVID-19 Vaccines/adverse Effects COVID-19/prevention & Control Safety Vaccines/adverse Effects
• Document Type:
  Webpage
• Collection(s):
  Stephen B. Thacker CDC Library
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:26045aa01fb4e30128bece8942f778e81ea134bfdb61a8c7112287129a7ec887
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/118417/cdc_118417_DS1.pdf
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