The Food and Drug Administration is likely to authorize the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for adolescents within the next week, according to the New York Times and CNN.
So far, the vaccines have been approved only for use in adults and older teens. The FDA authorization would allow the Pfizer-BioNTech shots to be given to 12- to 15-year-olds for the first time, once the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also signs off.
Many parents have been eagerly awaiting vaccines for their children, hoping for protection and to return school and social lives to something more normal. What I m hearing right now is support for the measure, said Dr. Shelly McDonald-Pinkett, chief medical officer of Howard University Hospital in Washington, D.C. Parents want their children to be in school and they want them to be protected.
Although teenagers generally have mild disease if they notice it all, they can get quite ill and pass on the virus to more vulnerable people, even without knowing they re contagious, said Gruber, McDonald-Pinkett and others. Also, their lives have been extremely limited by the pandemic for the last year – missing out on in-person school, sports, arts and the ability to just hang out with friends without worrying about infecting their parents and grandparents.
The FDA is expected to modify its emergency use authorization for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine within the next week to allow younger adolescents to receive the shot.
The other two authorized vaccines, from Moderna and Johnson & Johnson, are so far allowed to be used only in adults. Moderna is testing its vaccine in adolescents and younger children, and J&J plans to but has not yet begun similar studies. Novavax, whose vaccine is not yet authorized for use in the United States, also has begun late-stage trials in adolescents
The Food and Drug Administration is likely to authorize the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for adolescents within the next week, according to the New York Times and CNN.
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