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CDC panel recommends Pfizer boosters for 12-15 year olds, final call expected from CDC director

Kevin C. Cox/Getty Images(ATLANTA) Boosters for children ages 12 to 15 are one step closer after a panel of advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted Wednesday to recommend the third Pfizer shots for adolescents, leaving the final step to CDC Director Rochelle Walensky. Walensky is likely to sign off later Wednesday, and shots could go into arms as soon as Thursday morning. The FDA authorized the Pfizer boosters on Monday, paving the way for CDC's final green light. Because the CDC doesn't require vaccinated and boosted people to quarantine after exposure, the availability of booster shots to 12-15 year olds could have a big impact on keeping kids in school during the winter surge. Boosters for young adolescents may "reduce the potential for a child to be positive or to be infected," said Dr. Amanda Cohn, senior advisor for vaccines at CDC's National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases, and could have "an immeasurable ....

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