A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisory panel on Wednesday voted to recommend Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 booster shot for kids ages 12 to 15, a
At a separate briefing Wednesday, Dr. Anthony Fauci, the White House’s chief medical adviser, said omicron appears to be less severe than previous variants, but the sheer volume of infections because of its profound transmissibility means that many more children will get infected and end up in the hospital.
The FDA said Monday its decision to broaden eligibility for Pfizer booster shots to adolescents was based in part on real-world data from Israel, which began offering additional shots before many other countries. The first two shots of the Pfizer vaccine appear to be well tolerated in the 12- to 15-year-olds who received them, according to data shared to VAERS, a government-funded system for reporting adverse reactions to vaccines.
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