
The AAP estimates that approximately 60 to 70 percent of children and adolescents participate in organized sports across the country. Both AAP and AMSSM have issued updated guidance for physicians incorporating COVID-19 vaccination into sports physical protocols, and AAP has issued revised forms for doctors, parents, and student athletes to use to document their pre-participation examination including language on COVID-19 vaccination.
Incorporating COVID-19 vaccination into sports physicals for student athletes this summer and fall: Today, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine (AMSSM), and ten other sports and medicine organizations are issuing a consensus statement to all their members urging all medical providers to ask about COVID-19 vaccine status during sports physicals, and where available to also administer the COVID-19 vaccine. Today, the Administration is highlighting the following efforts to get more young people vaccinated: Today, the Biden Administration announced additional actions to get students ages 12 and above vaccinated and to ensure all students can go back to school safely this fall: For young people, getting vaccinated right away is the best way back to the things they love – like playing sports, completing their studies, and spending time with friends and loved ones. Over the next six weeks, more than 50 million students will head back to school, and more than 20 million students will return to undergraduate and graduate studies. Get Involved Show submenu for “Get Involved””. The White House Show submenu for “The White House””. Office of the United States Trade Representative. Office of Science and Technology Policy.
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