Pfizer Expects To Apply For Emergency Use Authorization For Kid Vaccine By September “Pfizer expects to have enough data by the end of next month to support emergency use authorization for kids ages 6 and older to receive the vaccine.”
Moderna, meanwhile, won’t be far behind with its vaccine, either. It’s also looking to apply for emergency use authorization for kids 6 and up by the end of this year, with vaccines for younger children to follow in early 2022.
Vaccines for adults have been available since December, but both companies have done lengthy trials for kids broken down by age group.We are testing different doses in the different age groups because younger children may not need the same dose as adults,” Modern’s senior V.P. Dr. Jacqueline Miller told NPR, adding that so far results have been similar to adults and that there are no safety concerns.
Coronavirus cases have been steadily rising in many parts of the country over the past weeks as the highly contagious Delta variant spreads. Kids accounted for more than
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