Pfizer-BioNTech will seek authorization for second COVID booster for older adults

Pfizer and BioNTech are planning to ask the Food and Drug Administration to authorize a second COVID-19 booster shot for people 65 and older.

A staff member poses with a vial of Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination health center.

Pfizer didn't immediately respond to a request for comment. If authorized, the second booster would bring the vaccination schedule for the Pfizer vaccine to four shots in this age group.

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