U.S. advisers give the OK to Pfizer COVID-19 shot for kids 12 and up
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U.S. health advisers endorsed use of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine in kids as young as 12 on Wednesday just as planned new guidelines say it’s OK for people of any age to get a coronavirus shot at the same time as other needed vaccinations.
The shots will let kids safely attend camps this summer and help assure a more normal return to classrooms next school year, concluded advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
“And this is another way to get closer to ending this horrible pandemic,” said adviser Dr. Camille Kotton of Harvard Medical School.
CDC panel endorses Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine for kids 12 and up Share Updated: 3:34 PM EDT May 12, 2021 By LAURAN NEERGAARD and MIKE STOBBE, Associated Press
CDC panel endorses Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine for kids 12 and up Share Updated: 3:34 PM EDT May 12, 2021
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Show Transcript Yeah. Today, we re very pleased to learn that the FDA has approved emergency use authorization uh, for the B. N. T. 162 B two vaccine to be used in Children 12 to 15 years of age. So this is a watershed moment in our ability to fight back the covid 19 pandemic. We actually had higher antibody responses in the 12-15 year olds. So that gives us real confidence. We hope to have some data in the Lebanon under by the fall, Perhaps as early as the end of the year would be in a position where that vaccine could be made available at least to the 5 to 11 year olds, if not younger age groups. But certainly by the early part of next year, Children right now are s
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Jacob Conary, 15, listens to advice from a medical assistant after receiving his first shot of the COVID-19 vaccination, Wednesday, May 12, 2021, in Auburn, Maine. Vaccination clinics in Maine recently opened up to 12 to 15-year-olds. (AP Photo/Robert F. Bukaty)AP
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U.S. health advisers endorsed use of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine in kids as young as 12 on Wednesday, just as expected new guidelines say it’s OK for people of any age to get the shot at the same time as other needed vaccinations.
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Nawaf Albarakati, 17, of Narberth, Pa., reacts as he receives a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination from registered nurse Alicia Jimenez at a Montgomery County, Pa., Office of Public Health vaccination clinic at the King of Prussia Mall in King of Prussia., Pa.AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File
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U.S. health advisers endorsed use of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine in kids as young as 12 on Wednesday, just as expected new guidelines say it’s OK for people of any age to get the shot at the same time as other needed vaccinations.
The US Food and Drug Administration expanded the emergency use authorization for Pfizer s Covid-19 vaccine to include people ages 12 to 15. CNN s Sanjay Gupta looks at how the clinical trials unfolded.
U.S. health advisers endorsed use of Pfizer s COVID-19 vaccine in kids as young as 12 on Wednesday, just as expected new guidelines say it s OK for people of any age to get the shot at the same time as other needed vaccinations.
The sprint to vaccinate millions of middle and high school students has already started in parts of the country, as a long line of kids rolled up their sleeves in suburban Atlanta for a first dose Wednesday. But much of the nation was awaiting recommendations by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that Pfizer s vaccine, already used for months in those 16 and older, was a good choice for 12- to 15-year-olds, too. The CDC was expected to accept its advisers recommendation.