The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's vaccine advisory committee voted 13-1, to endorse booster doses of Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine for 12- to 17-year olds.
U.S. CDC recommends five-month gap for Pfizer COVID-19 booster dose
The move follows the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's decision on Monday to reduce the interval for the booster dose and authorize the use of a third dose of Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for children aged 12 to 15 years.. The CDC has also recommended that moderately or severely immunocompromised children aged five to 11 years receive an additional dose of vaccine 28 days after their second shot. The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, authorized by the U.S.
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