Federico Laham, MD, is the medical director for Orlando Health Arnold Palmer Hospital for Children Infectious Diseases. Dr. Laham is an expert on diseases that affect children, such as COVID-19 and the flu. He is fluent in both English and Spanish and a father of two daughters.
‘It's like a bomb is inside them, breaking every part of their immune system up’
Drugmaker Pfizer Inc. and its German partner BioNTech asked the Food and Drug Administration on April 9 to expand the emergency approval of their COVID-19 vaccine to include its use in adolescents ages 12 to 15.
A new study found a natural part of children's immune system response stops the coronavirus early in its tracks.