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U.S. FDA authorizes Pfizer's COVID booster shot for young children

Summary by Ground News

Pfizer requested this EUA at the end of April. Company data showed that a third vaccine dose raised Omicron-fighting antibodies by 36 times. 4,500 children ages 5 through 11 participated in the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine trial.

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WPBF

Health experts react to FDA's emergency use authorization of COVID-19 booster shots for kids ages 5 to 11

The Food and Drug Administration has granted an emergency use authorization for a third dose of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for kids between the ages of 5 and 11.

3 years ago

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The Citizen

US FDA authorizes Covid-19 booster shots for children 5 and older

Last year, Health Minister Joe Phaahla said no Covid-19 vaccine was approved for use in South Africa on children aged below 12 years

3 years ago·South Africa

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Spectrum Local News

Pfizer COVID-19 booster gets emergency FDA authorization for kids 5-11

The booster should be given at least five months later.

3 years ago·United States

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Medical Dialogues

Pfizer-BioNTech COVID booster shot gets USFDA emergency use nod for children aged 5 to 11

The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine, which is based on BioNTech’s proprietary mRNA technology, was developed by both BioNTech and Pfizer.

3 years ago·New Delhi, India

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WND

FDA approves COVID booster shot for kids 5 to 11

(Image by Art Skoo from Pixabay)Members of the FDA's vaccine advisory panel last fall reluctantly recommended approval of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children ages 5-11 amid a lack of safety data.A panel member, Dr. Eric Rubin, editor of the New England Journal of Medicine, famously said during the hearing, "We're never going to learn about how safe the vaccine is unless we start giving it – that's just the way it goes."But now – am…

3 years ago·Medford, United States

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