Following the Food and Drug Administration’s Dec. 11 emergency use authorization of Pfizer, Inc.’s BNT162b2 mRNA COVID-19 vaccine, AHA released a Special Bulletin with important details for hospitals and health systems.

The summary covers dosing, storage and handling, preparation, and contraindications and adverse reactions. View the AHA Special Bulletin and review AHA resources on this and other COVID-19 vaccines and treatments.

Also over the weekend, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention formally recommended the vaccine’s use for patients age 16 and older

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