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Misinformation will be rampant when it comes to COVID-19 shots for young children – here's what you can do to counter it

  • Written by Jaime Sidani, Assistant Professor of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh Health Sciences
imageTalking about vaccines with trusted health care providers and with family can help wade through the sea of information – and misinformation. Morsa Images/DigitalVison via Getty Images

When the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention endorsed both the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 vaccines for all children ages 6 months to 5 years on...

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