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    Adolescents Can Get Routine Immunizations With Their COVID Shots, CDC Advisers Say

    by Rachel Martin May 13, 2021 2 minutes
    A 16-year-old gets a Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in Anaheim, Calif., on April 28. Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now say it's not necessary for adolescents to wait two weeks after a COVID shot to receive routine immunizations.

    Children's immunizations dropped dramatically during the pandemic, and health officials are eager to get kids caught back up on their routine shots before they return to school.

    On Wednesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine be given to children , opening vaccination to approximately 17 million adolescents. And a CDC advisory committee said health workers can decide to give other

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