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Elmo, 3, joins youngest Americans in getting vaccinated

Headline from WHEC Rochester, on the newest of 2 developments

Sesame Street's Elmo gets vaccinated against COVID-19 in a new public service announcement.

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Developments in this update

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  1. Elmo is now vaccinated for COVID-19

    Headline from WMUR ·

  2. Newest

    Elmo, 3, joins youngest Americans in getting vaccinated

    Headline from WHEC Rochester ·

Reports & sources

35 articles, oldest first.

  1. Local News 8

    Elmo is now vaccinated for COVID-19 (opens Local News 8)

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    Local News 8's feed description

    In a public service announcement released on Tuesday by Sesame Workshop, the nonprofit educational organization behind Sesame Street, Elmo's dad Louie -- also a Muppet -- shared his questions about the COVID-19 vaccine for children under 5. Elmo is 3 and a half years old.

  2. CNN

    Elmo just got his Covid-19 vaccine (opens CNN)

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    CNN's feed description

    Elmo received the Covid-19 vaccine for children under 5 in a PSA from Sesame Workshop.

  3. Breitbart News

    Left Pushes Vaccines on Children: 'Elmo Got the COVID Vaccine Today' (opens Breitbart News)

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    Breitbart News's feed description

    The famed Sesame Street character Elmo on Tuesday announced on social media that he, too, got vaccinated for the Chinese coronavirus, telling children "Elmo's doctor said the vaccine would help keep Elmo healthy."

  4. Triblive

    Elmo gets covid-19 shot in CDC’s vaccine push for kids, prompting Ted Cruz criticism (opens Triblive)

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    Triblive's feed description

    Elmo got his covid-19 vaccine. Sesame Street’s iconic, perpetually 3-year-old Muppet got his covid-19 shot in a public service announcement released by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday.

  5. WHEC Rochester

    Elmo, 3, joins youngest Americans in getting vaccinated (opens WHEC Rochester)

    Published

    Minneapolis Star Tribune's feed description

    V is for vaccine.

  6. Fox News

    Sen. Ted Cruz is in a fight with Elmo about COVID-19 vaccines (opens Fox News)

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    Fox News's feed description

    Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, has demanded that Elmo show evidence for his claim that the COVID-19 vaccine is safe for children under five years old during a Twitter spat on Tuesday.

  7. Media Matters for America

  8. CBS News

    Elmo talks about getting COVID vaccine; Ted Cruz has a problem with that (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    Cruz first thanked Sesame Street for showing a parent asking questions about the vaccine, but then turned his attention to Elmo.

  9. NBC 6 South Florida

    Sesame Street's 'Elmo' Gets COVID-19 Vaccine in PSA (opens NBC 6 South Florida)

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    NBC 6 South Florida's feed description

    "There was a little pinch, but it was OK," Elmo, 3, said in the video.

  10. KVOA Tucson

    Beloved Sesame Street character Elmo is now vaccinated against COVID-19 (opens KVOA Tucson)

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    KVOA Tucson's feed description

    NEW YORK (NBC News) — Elmo, the furry red resident of Sesame Street, is now among the Americans under the age of five to receive the COVID-19 vaccine.

  11. 13News Now Norfolk

    'Sesame Street' star Elmo just got vaccinated against COVID-19 (opens 13News Now Norfolk)

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    13News Now Norfolk's feed description

    In a public service announcement posted to YouTube, the beloved 3-and-a-half-year-old “Sesame Street” star talked with his dad about what it was like to get the shot

Identical headlines usually mean shared wire copy. They are counted as separate articles but are not independent confirmation.

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