Some parents of schoolkids with Down syndrome, with their higher risks of COVID-19 harms, are relieved by vaccinations

News | Most American families with school children have yet to embrace the new, lower-dose COVID shot for kids, with the Kaiser Family Foundation estimating that, as of Dec. 5, only about 17% of 5- to 11-year-olds had received even one dose of the two-dose vaccine.Youth Today adheres to high-quality journalistic standards, providing readers with professional news coverage dedicated to examining a wide spectrum of complex issues in the youth services industry from diversity to community-based youth work. For more than 30 years, Youth Today has offered youth service professionals, policymakers, advocates and funders in youth services the latest news, information, grants, reports, professional development and research in the youth services field.

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