
Family Voices is a national family-led organization of families and friends of children and youth with special health care needs (CYSHCN) and disabilities. We connect a network of family organizations across the United States that provide support to families of CYSHCN. We promote partnership with families at all levels of health care–individual and policy decision-making levels—in order to improve health care services and policies for children.
Do you have a child or teen who has special health care needs or disabilities? Click here to find help.
¿Tiene un niño o adolescente que tiene necesidades especiales de salud o discapacidades? Haga clic aquí para buscar ayuda.
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Family Voices News
CDC advisers recommend Pfizer-BioNTech booster for 12- to 17-year-olds (Washington Post)
Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended that children 12- to 17-years-old should get a Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine booster, voting to expand protection to millions of adolescents and teens as surging infections threaten to...
What you need to know about the coronavirus vaccine for kids ages 5 to 11 (Washington Post)
Children ages 5 to 11 are now eligible for the coronavirus vaccine in the United States since the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention signed off on the two-shot Pfizer-BioNTech series for about 28 million additional children. Read More...
What to know about the omicron variant of the coronavirus (Washington Post)
Omicron has sparked alarm among health experts worried about the new variant’s ability to spread rapidly and evade the body’s immune defenses. Scientists are racing to learn more as cases rise. Read more...
At-home covid tests and omicron: What you need to know
As millions of Americans scramble to navigate life disrupted by the easily transmissible omicron variant, public officials are urging them to view at-home antigen tests as an important tool to stem the surge in coronavirus cases and hospitalizations. (Washington Post)...
CDC Recommends Pfizer Booster at 5 Months, Additional Primary Dose for Certain Immunocompromised Children
Today, CDC is updating our recommendation for when many people can receive a booster shot, shortening the interval from 6 months to 5 months for people who received the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine. This means that people can now receive an mRNA booster shot 5...
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