COVID-19 boosters for teens can help keep them out of the ER

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A third Pfizer vaccine is much more effective at preventing teens with Omicron from needing urgent care or a trip to the emergency department, according to US research. The team looked at the vaccination status of just over 3000 teens who visited emergency or urgent care departments for COVID-19 related symptoms, and say while two vaccine doses provided strong initial protection from requiring this care the protection waned to 49% against Delta and 16% against Omicron after 6 months. The third Pfizer dose brought that protection back up to 87% against Omicron, the researchers say.

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Organisation/s: Kaiser Permanente Southern California, USA

Funder: This study was sponsored by Pfizer, and funding was provided directly to Kaiser Permanente Southern California (KPSC).

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