COVID-19

Demand for the under-5 vaccines remains low, and some doctors say a bulk is going to waste. Dr. Brandon Chatani, a pediatric infectious disease specialist, joins WLRN's Sundial to discuss what parents should know.

The Food and Drug Administration will have to decide the exact recipe, but a combination shot is expected that adds protection against a version of the omicron variant to the original vaccine.

Advisers to the CDC voted unanimously to recommend Moderna's shots as an option for school-age kids and adolescents. This age group has been able to get shots shots made by Pfizer since last year.

The supermarket chain hasn't explained its decision for not offering the low-dose vaccine to ages 6 months to 5 years. It currently offers the vaccine to ages 5 and older.

In one of a series of similar cases across the state, a circuit judge has tossed out a potential class-action lawsuit that argued Florida State University should refund money to students because of a campus shutdown early in the pandemic.

Doses are arriving in Florida, although parents looking for shots may have a hard time finding them for a few days. The White House expects most children will receive them at their pediatrician office.

As the DeSantis and Biden administrations feud over a reported change in state policy on ordering and distribution, Moderna and Pfizer vaccines begin going into tinier arms this week.

According to a report and the federal goverment, the state reversed course and allowed pediatricians to order the vaccine, but the DeSantis administration disputed there was a change in policy

The numbers of new cases reported Friday were the highest totals during the past 10 weeks. Meantime, more than 75,000 Floridians have died from the virus since the pandemic started.

The emergency authorization paves the way for vaccinations for children under 5 to begin next week. A final signoff from the CDC is expected this weekend.