Headline Roundup • January 6th, 2022
CDC Recommends Pfizer COVID-19 Vaccine Boosters for Children 12 and Older
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On Wednesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that is recommending Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine booster shots for children as young as 12 years old. Around 5 million adolescents would now be eligible. Roughly half of the 12-15 age group in the U.S. is fully vaccinated.
The recommendation comes after the FDA decided earlier this week to authorize booster shots for children ages 12-15, and it marks the latest in a series of approvals for extra doses in an effort to slow down the Omicron variant.
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Children ages 12 to 15 are now eligible for Pfizer and BioNTech’s Covid booster shots, giving them an extra dose of protection as they return to school amid an unprecedented surge of infections across the U.S.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Wednesday recommended the booster shot for younger adolescents at least five months after their second dose.
“It is critical that we protect our children and teens from COVID-19 infection and the complications of severe disease,” CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said in a statement Wednesday evening. “This booster dose...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reinforced federal regulators’ decision earlier this week to authorize Pfizer booster doses for healthy people ages 12-15, a move that comes amid growing concerns that federal regulators are shutting out vaccine experts from decision-making.
The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted 13-1 to recommend administering Pfizer booster doses to otherwise healthy adolescents ages 12-17 just hours before CDC Director Rochelle Walensky gave her final approval. The FDA authorized booster shots for 12- to 15-year-olds Monday and for 16- and 17-year-olds last month without convening...
Millions of Americans between the ages of 12 and 15 can now get a booster shot of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, after the CDC formally adopted new recommendations backed by a majority of the agency's outside vaccine advisers.
The CDC now says that Americans as young as 12 who received Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine should receive a third dose as early as five months after their first two shots. The agency's officials said that enough time has passed for around 5 million adolescents to be eligible.
Currently, a little more than half of Americans in this age group...
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