A recent study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reveals that COVID vaccines continue to protect healthy children from severe illness . Released on Thursday (December 11), the study shows that from late August 2024 to early September 2025, the vaccines reduced the risk of Covid-related emergency room and urgent care visits by 76% among children aged nine months to four years, and by 56% among children aged five to 17 years.

The study, published in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report , analyzed data from approximately 98,000 emergency room and urgent care visits across nine states. It focused on the additional protection provided by the 2024-2025 COVID vaccines, considering children with varying levels of immunity from previous vaccinations or infectio

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