The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized the use of a booster shot of Pfizer (PFE.N) and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 5 to 11, the regulator said on Tuesday.

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The authorisation makes everyone in the United States aged five and above eligible for booster doses of the vaccine

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The US Food and Drug Administration authorised children in the 5-11 group to receive the booster in order to provide continued protection against Covid-19, FDA Commissioner Robert Califf said in a statement


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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized the use of a booster shot of Pfizer and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 5 to 11.

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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized the use of a booster shot of Pfizer and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 5 to 11, the regulator said on Tuesday. The authorization makes everyone in the United States over the age of five eligible for booster doses of the vaccine, although the U.S. Centers for Diseas Control and Prevention still needs to sign off on the

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U.S. regulators on Tuesday authorized a COVID-19 booster shot for healthy 5- to 11-year-olds, hoping an extra vaccine dose will enhance their protection as infections once again creep upward. Everyone 12 and older already was supposed to get one booster dose for the best protection against the newest coronavirus variants -- and some people, including those 50 and older, can choose a second booster. 

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FDA clears COVID booster shot for healthy kids ages 5 to 11

FDA authorized the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID booster for children ages 5 to 11 five months after they have finished the first two-shot vaccination series.

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FDA authorizes Pfizer COVID vaccine booster for children 5 to 11

In late April, Pfizer asked the FDA to authorize its booster vaccines for younger children.


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FDA authorizes Pfizer's COVID-19 booster shots for children 5 to 11 years old

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized Tuesday single booster doses of Pfizer-BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine for children aged five to 11.

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LOS ANGELES, May 17 (Xinhua) -- The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday granted emergency use authorization for a booster dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children 5 through 11 years of age at least five months after completion of the primary vaccine series. Read full story

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U.S. FDA authorizes Pfizer COVID-19 booster for children ages 5 to 11

The US Food and Drug Administration has granted emergency use authorization for a booster dose of Pfizer/BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine for children ages 5 to 11 at least five months after completion of the primary vaccine series.

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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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