Published 2 years ago

U.S. CDC advisers recommend COVID booster for children 5-11

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The CDC takes the next step of recommending who actually needs vaccinations. Its advisers debated if all otherwise healthy 5- to 11-year-olds need an extra dose. But the U.S. now is averaging 100,000 new cases a day for the first time since February.

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CDC urges Pfizer booster for children ages 5 to 11

Kids ages 5 to 11 should get a booster dose of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine, advisers to the U.S. government said Thursday.

2 years ago·Canada

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Reuters

U.S. CDC advisers recommend COVID booster for children 5-11

A panel of advisers to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday voted to recommend that all children aged 5 to 11 should receive a COVID-19 vaccine booster dose at least five months after completing the primary vaccination course.

2 years ago·United Kingdom

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Associated Press News

CDC urges Pfizer booster for children ages 5 to 11

Kids ages 5 to 11 should get a booster dose of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, advisers to the U.S. government said Thursday. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention quickly adopted the panel’s recommendation, opening a third COVID-19 shot to healthy elementary-age kids — just like what is already recommended for everybody 12 and older.

2 years ago·United States

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USA Today

Kids 5-11 can start receiving 3rd doses of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine as CDC committee, director OK boosters

Dr. Rochelle Walensky signed off on the recommendation Thursday. The booster dose is now available to children 5 months after their second dose.

2 years ago·United States

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abc News

CDC advisory panel greenlights booster shots for children ages 5 to 11

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's independent advisory committee has given the green light for Pfizer and BioNTech COVID-19 booster shots to be given to children ages 5 to 11 years old, paving the way for parents to get their children boosted as early as Friday morning.

2 years ago·United States

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CNN

CDC signs off on boosters for 5-11-year-olds

The CDC signed off on boosters for 5- to 11-year-olds following the independent vaccine advisers recommendation that the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine provided more benefit than harm, which the US Food and Drug Administration authorized earlier this week.

2 years ago·Atlanta, United States

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