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Pfizer's Adolescent COVID Vaccine 94% Effective Against Hospitalization: Study - The Washington Informer

The Pfizer/BioNTech coronavirus vaccine appears to be 94% effective against virus hospitalization among U.S. adolescents, according to a new study.

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