The FDA authorizes booster shots of Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine for 16- and 17-year-olds
Just as with adults, 16- and 17-year-olds are eligible to receive a booster dose six months after their second dose of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine. About 2.6 million US teens in this age group would be eligible for boosters already -- a small addition to the 141 million adults already eligible for boosters.
The Pfizer vaccine is authorized for use in children as young as 5, but previously, only adults were eligible to receive booster doses.Now, people age 16 and older will be able to receive a Pfizer booster six months after their second shot; Moderna vaccine recipients age 18 and older may receive any booster six months after their second shot; and Johnson & Johnson vaccine recipients may receive any booster two months after their single dose.
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