The CDC must also weigh in before the third shots can be rolled out for younger age groups.
The FDA also said it would allow for children as young as 5 with compromised immune systems to get an additional shot. And the agency shortened the amount of time between a person's second dose of the Pfizer vaccine and being eligible for a booster to five months instead of six months for all age groups.
"Based on the FDA's assessment of currently available data, a booster dose of the currently authorized vaccines may help provide better protection," especially against the"With this in mind, the FDA has extended the range of individuals eligible to receive a booster, shortened the length of time between the completion of the Pfizer primary series for individuals to receive a booster and is authorizing a third protective vaccine dose for some of our youngest and most...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must also adopt formal recommendations before the third shots can be rolled out to younger recipients. That decision could come later this week, following a meeting of the agency's outside vaccine experts. The FDA said it based the decision on promising data from Israel, which rolled out booster shots for residents as young as 12 thereThe FDA also cited data from Pfizer, which
earlier this month it was evaluating a potential three-dose series for children as young as 6 months old. suggests around 30% of children 12 to 15 years old could soon be eligible. That works out to around 5 million more adolescents who have completed their first two doses five months ago.
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