COVID vaccination rate low among Shelby County’s youngest children
Dr. Chris Hanson is a pediatrician with Laurelwood Pediatric Group, which offers COVID-19 vaccines to patients 6 months to 5 years old, in addition to older children. “Yes, they can have some side effects, but they’re mild and very similar to what they would experience with other vaccines,” he said. (Patrick Lantrip/The Daily Memphian)
So far, 354 children in the 6-months to 5-years age group have been vaccinated for COVID-19 in Shelby County — a figure that includes vaccinations from both public and private healthcare practitioners.
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Aisling Mäki covers health care, banking and finance, technology and professions. After launching her career in news two decades ago, she worked in public relations for almost a decade before returning to journalism in 2022.
As a health care reporter, she’s collaborated with The Carter Center, earned awards from the Associated Press and Society of Professional Journalists and won a 2024 Tennessee Press Association first-place prize for her series on discrepancies in Shelby County life expectancy by ZIP code.
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