Vaccinating Our Community: OBCC on the Move
Q&A with Shaquita Bell, MD, FAAPOdessa Brown Children’s Clinic When did you start doing mobile COVID-19 vaccination clinics and what motivated you? We started doing mobile vaccine clinics last spring. […]
COVID-19
Handling hesitancy: How to help uncertain families decide about their kids’ COVID-19 vaccine
Brian L. Simmerman, MD, FAAP Providence Medical Park Pediatrics As expected, the FDA authorized COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 5-11 and the CDC added its recommendation, making kids in our […]
WA-CHIP’s Champions for Youth Steering Committee: Working Together to Promote Vaccinations, Improve Behavioral Health
Ariana Salaiz Program Manager, WCAAP WCAAP’s Champions for Youth Steering Committee, an integral component of our Child Health Improvement Partnership (WA-CHIP) has been a critical place for primary care providers, […]
COVID-19 Updates
A quick round-up of updates on COVID-19 guidance and resources from AAP, WCAAP, DOH, and the WMC. New Guidance from AAP The AAP has recently released new and updated guidance […]
WCAAP Members Tells KIRO 7 about Spike in Unvaccinated Pregnant Women
Dr. Elizabeth Meade practices at Swedish Medical Center in Seattle. “Our experience in the hospital has changed wildly over the last few weeks with delta variant in terms of the […]
Board Member Dr. Frank Bell talks to Seattle Times about COVID-19 Transmission in Schools
As the delta variant spreads, “we knew that was going to have an impact on schools and getting kids back in classrooms,” said Dr. Frank Bell, a pediatrician at Swedish […]
WCAAP Members Taking Action
WCAAP members and clinics throughout the state are working with schools, public health agencies, and community organizations to meet families’ needs during COVID-19, to improve COVID-19 vaccination rates, and to […]
KIRO7 Story on Under-12 COVID-19 Vaccination Doses
Read “Adult dosage of COVID-19 vaccine for kids under age 12? Not a good idea, say pediatricians“
KOMO News on Mask Safety
Read “Are masks safe for kids to wear to school?“
Anxiety in Students as School Returns
Read “Anxiety expected to be high as students prepare to return to school“