20220625 OHSU Doernbecher - Schmidt family vaccination
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VIDEO: Parents Mark Schmidt and Stephanie Schmidt, who is director of operations of OHSU’s Women’s & Children’s division, get their 2-year-old daughter Josephine "JoJo" vaccinated. OHSU is preparing to vaccinate younger children after federal and state authorities recommended two COVID vaccines for children younger than age 5. OHSU began vaccinating children ages of 5 to 11 in November 2021 after a vaccine for that age group received an emergency use authorization. Read the story: COVID-19 vaccine now available for children younger than 5. (OHSU/Christine Torres Hicks)