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FDA panel endorses Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for children 5-11

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WASHINGTON - The U.S. Food and Drug Administration’s panel of experts on Tuesday endorsed the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for kids ages 5 to 11, a key step in making the shots more widely available for younger children.

The FDA’s Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee voted to expand Pfizer’s emergency use authorization for the roughly 28 million younger children in the U.S., to be administered as just a third of the dose given to teens and adults.Full-strength Pfizer shots already are recommended for anyone 12 or older, but pediatricians and many parents are awaiting protection for younger children to stem infections from the extra-contagious delta variant and help keep kids in school.If the FDA authorizes the.

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