The company says it plans to submit its data to the FDA for authorization.
A booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine raised antibody levels in children ages 5 to 11, the company said Thursday.
The results are welcome news, but as scientists have seen in the omicron era, the booster may only provide short-lived protection against infection. In that report, CDC researchers said the omicron variant was the reason the shots' protection fell so low. The omicron wave led to aLess than 30 percent of children ages 5 to 11 have received two doses of a vaccine,Pfizer said it plans to submit its data to the Food and Drug Administration in the coming days for emergency use authorization. Currently, Pfizer boosters are available only to people ages 12 and up.
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