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More US adolescents up to date on HPV vaccination February 22nd, 2023Amanda Blackmore

More US adolescents up to date on HPV vaccination

February 22, 2023News & Updatesadolescents, date, More, VaccinationAmanda Blackmore

The number of adolescents who are up to date on HPV vaccination – meaning they started and completed the HPV vaccine series – increased five percentage points from 2016 to 2017, according to results from a national survey published today in CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR).

Statement from Karen Hacker, MD, MPH, Director of CDC's NCCDPHP, on Extended Growth Charts for Children and Adolescents with Severe Obesity January 6th, 2023Leo Holland

Statement from Karen Hacker, MD, MPH, Director of CDC's NCCDPHP, on Extended Growth Charts for Children and Adolescents with Severe Obesity

January 6, 2023News & Updatesadolescents, CDC&#039s, Charts, children, Director, extended, from, Growth, Hacker, Karen, NCCDPHP, Obesity, severe, StatementLeo Holland

Statement from Karen Hacker, MD, MPH, Director CDC’s National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion on Extended Growth Charts for Children and Adolescents with Severe Obesity

CDC Recommends Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine for Adolescents August 23rd, 2022Jerry King

CDC Recommends Novavax COVID-19 Vaccine for Adolescents

August 23, 2022News & Updatesadolescents, COVID19, Novavax, Recommends, VaccineJerry King

Today, CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, M.D., M.P.H., signed a decision memo that Novavax’s COVID-19 vaccine be used as another primary series option for adolescents ages 12 through 17.

CDC Recommends Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine for Children and Adolescents June 26th, 2022Jacqueline Hopkins

CDC Recommends Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine for Children and Adolescents

June 26, 2022News & Updatesadolescents, children, COVID19, Moderna, Recommends, VaccineJacqueline Hopkins

Today, CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, M.D., M.P.H., endorsed the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ (ACIP) recommendation that Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine be used as an option for children ages 6 through 17 years.

CDC Director Statement on Pfizer's Use of COVID-19 Vaccine in Adolescents Age 12 and Older May 13th, 2021Leon Robertson

CDC Director Statement on Pfizer's Use of COVID-19 Vaccine in Adolescents Age 12 and Older

May 13, 2021News & Updatesadolescents, COVID19, Director, Older, Pfizer&#039s, Statement, VaccineLeon Robertson

Media Statement from CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, on Signing the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ Recommendation to Use Pfizer’s COVID-19 Vaccine in 12- to 15-Year-Olds

1 in 5 adolescents and 1 in 4 young adults now living with prediabetes December 10th, 2019John McAllister

1 in 5 adolescents and 1 in 4 young adults now living with prediabetes

December 10, 2019News & Updatesadolescents, adults, Living, prediabetes, YoungJohn McAllister

Nearly 1 in 5 adolescents aged 12-18 years, and 1 in 4 young adults aged 19-34 years, are living with prediabetes, according to a new CDC studyexternal icon published today in JAMAexternal icon Pediatrics.