What We’re Reading: COVID-19 Vaccine in Adolescents; New AML Drug Approval; Pediatric Respiratory Illness Levels Drop
Pfizer/BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine appears to be 100% effective at preventing adolescent infections; Vyxeos approved for pediatric secondary acute myeloid leukemia (AML); study results show a 62% drop in pediatric respiratory illness over the past year.
Pfizer/BioNTech Release COVID-19 Vaccine Data on Adolescents
At a time when weekly COVID-19 cases in the United States are on the rise again,
FDA Approves Vyxeos for Use in Pediatric Patients
Jazz Pharmaceuticals’ Vyxeos (daunorubicin/cytarabine) has been approved by the FDA for use among children 1 year and older with newly diagnosed therapy-related acute myeloid leukemia (AML) or AML with myelodysplasia-related changes,
Illnesses Among Children Down Sharply Over Past Year
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