Author: Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY

Here’s everything health experts want parents to know about Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine for children 5 to 11.

The CDC added mental health disorders last week to the list of underlying medical conditions associated with a higher risk of severe COVID-19.

Experts worry pediatric cases will continue to rise if schools don’t implement mitigation measures and people in the community remain unvaccinated.

Though teens were more likely than babies to get infected, a statistical model showed those ages 0 to 3 years were more likely to transmit the virus.

COVID-19 cases had the biggest increase in Sonoma County, California, and Whitman County, Washington, sites of the Glass Fire and Babb-Malden Fire.

Some who got the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine are worried they’re not protected against the delta variant and want a Pfizer or Moderna shot.

A fully vaccinated person who gets COVID-19 won’t be contagious for long, experts say, and may not have the chance to transmit the virus to others.

Although breakthrough infections are possible, they’re rare and experts say vaccinated Americans are more likely to suffer from a cold than COVID-19.