Pfizer aims to vaccinate children ages 2 to 11 against COVID-19
Pfizer says it is planning to seek approval to vaccinate children as young as 2 years old against the coronavirus.The pharmaceutical company's chairman and chief executive officer, Dr. Albert Bourla, said on a quarterly earnings call Tuesday that he expects to request emergency use authorization from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to make kids ages 2 to 11 eligible for Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine in September.Bourla said that he also plans to request emergency use authorization for children aged 6 months and 2 years in the fourth quarter of 2021.Parents who spoke with NewsCenter 5 T...
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