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Editor, Senior Moderator
MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep
. 2025 Dec 11;74(40):607-614.
doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7440a1.
Effectiveness of 2024-2025 COVID-19 Vaccines in Children in the United States - VISION, August 29, 2024-September 2, 2025
Stephanie A Irving, Elizabeth A K Rowley, Sean Chickery, Karthik Natarajan, Nicola P Klein, Shaun J Grannis, Toan C Ong, Sarah W Ball, Malini B DeSilva, Kristin Dascomb, Allison L Naleway, Melissa S Stockwell, Ashley B Stephens, Ousseny Zerbo, John Hansen, Lawrence Block, Karen B Jacobson, Brian E Dixon, Colin Rogerson, Tom Duszynski, Michelle A Barron, David Mayer, Catia Chavez, Zachary A Weber, Sarah E Reese, Inih Essien, Tamara Sheffield, Daniel Bride, Julie Arndorfer, Josh Van Otterloo, Padma Koppolu, Josephine Mak, Amber Kautz, Jennifer DeCuir, Ryan E Wiegand, Amanda B Payne, Ruth Link-Gelles
During September 2023-August 2024, approximately 38,000 COVID-19-associated hospitalizations occurred among children and adolescents aged <18 years in the United States, a rate of approximately 53 per 100,000 children, ranging from 600 per 100,000 children aged <6 months to 21 per 100,000 children and adolescents aged 5-17 years. On June 27, 2024, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommended that all persons aged ≥6 months receive a 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccine, which targeted Omicron JN.1 and JN.1-derived sublineages. Investigators used a test-negative case-control design to estimate vaccine effectiveness (VE) of 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccines against COVID-19-associated emergency department or urgent care (ED/UC) visits during August 29, 2024-September 2, 2025, among immunocompetent children aged 9 months-4 years and children and adolescents aged 5-17 years in the CDC-funded Virtual SARS-CoV-2, Influenza, and Other respiratory viruses Network (VISION), a multisite electronic health record-based network in nine states. Among children aged 9 months-4 years, VE against COVID-19-associated ED/UC visits was estimated at 76% (95% CI = 58%-87%) during the first 7-179 days after vaccination. Among children and adolescents aged 5-17 years, VE against COVID-19-associated ED/UC visits was an estimated 56% (95% CI = 35%-70%) during the first 7-179 days after vaccination. These findings suggest that vaccination with a 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccine dose provided children with additional protection against COVID-19-associated ED/UC encounters compared with no 2024-2025 dose.
. 2025 Dec 11;74(40):607-614.
doi: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7440a1.
Effectiveness of 2024-2025 COVID-19 Vaccines in Children in the United States - VISION, August 29, 2024-September 2, 2025
Stephanie A Irving, Elizabeth A K Rowley, Sean Chickery, Karthik Natarajan, Nicola P Klein, Shaun J Grannis, Toan C Ong, Sarah W Ball, Malini B DeSilva, Kristin Dascomb, Allison L Naleway, Melissa S Stockwell, Ashley B Stephens, Ousseny Zerbo, John Hansen, Lawrence Block, Karen B Jacobson, Brian E Dixon, Colin Rogerson, Tom Duszynski, Michelle A Barron, David Mayer, Catia Chavez, Zachary A Weber, Sarah E Reese, Inih Essien, Tamara Sheffield, Daniel Bride, Julie Arndorfer, Josh Van Otterloo, Padma Koppolu, Josephine Mak, Amber Kautz, Jennifer DeCuir, Ryan E Wiegand, Amanda B Payne, Ruth Link-Gelles
- PMID: 41379943
- DOI: 10.15585/mmwr.mm7440a1
During September 2023-August 2024, approximately 38,000 COVID-19-associated hospitalizations occurred among children and adolescents aged <18 years in the United States, a rate of approximately 53 per 100,000 children, ranging from 600 per 100,000 children aged <6 months to 21 per 100,000 children and adolescents aged 5-17 years. On June 27, 2024, the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recommended that all persons aged ≥6 months receive a 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccine, which targeted Omicron JN.1 and JN.1-derived sublineages. Investigators used a test-negative case-control design to estimate vaccine effectiveness (VE) of 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccines against COVID-19-associated emergency department or urgent care (ED/UC) visits during August 29, 2024-September 2, 2025, among immunocompetent children aged 9 months-4 years and children and adolescents aged 5-17 years in the CDC-funded Virtual SARS-CoV-2, Influenza, and Other respiratory viruses Network (VISION), a multisite electronic health record-based network in nine states. Among children aged 9 months-4 years, VE against COVID-19-associated ED/UC visits was estimated at 76% (95% CI = 58%-87%) during the first 7-179 days after vaccination. Among children and adolescents aged 5-17 years, VE against COVID-19-associated ED/UC visits was an estimated 56% (95% CI = 35%-70%) during the first 7-179 days after vaccination. These findings suggest that vaccination with a 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccine dose provided children with additional protection against COVID-19-associated ED/UC encounters compared with no 2024-2025 dose.