FDA says some young kids can't get an updated COVID booster until next year
Posted on AllSides December 8th, 2022
From The Left
Nearly all Americans will be eligible to get a dose of the updated COVID-19 vaccines, following a decision to expand emergency use authorization for the shots from Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech to most children as young as 6 months old.
The Food and Drug Administration announced the expanded authorization on Thursday, clearing all recipients of Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine to get a booster dose from the company's newest "bivalent" vaccines — which are tailored to recent Omicron variants — at least two months after their last "monovalent" shot.
But only a portion of the youngest...