A nurse at a University of Washington Medical Center clinic in Seattle gives a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine shot to a 20-month-old child on June 21.A nurse at a University of Washington Medical Center clinic in Seattle gives a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine shot to a 20-month-old child on June 21.U.S. regulators on Thursday cleared doses of the updated COVID-19 vaccines for children younger than age 5.
"Vaccination is the best way we know to help prevent the serious outcomes of COVID-19, such as hospitalization and death," Dr. Peter Marks, FDA's vaccine chief, told The Associated Press.Omicron-targeted booster shots made by Moderna and rival Pfizer already were open to everyone 5 and older. --Pfizer's vaccine requires three initial doses for tots under age 5 — and those who haven't finished that vaccination series will get the original formula for the first two shots and the omicron-targeted version for their third shot.
But children under 5 who already got all three Pfizer doses aren't yet eligible for an updated booster.The FDA expects data from Pfizer and its partner BioNTech sometime next month to determine whether those tots will need an omicron-targeted booster"and we will act on that as soon as we can," he said.
...and who in the US is surprised the FDA approved another vax for kids?