Updated 5/12/2021 7:42 AM
Julie Herrera never really had to ask her 12-year-old daughter Ella if she wanted to get a COVID-19 vaccine. I think she knew it had been approved for kids her age before I did, the Naperville mother of two teenagers said. She asked me today if I d made her an appointment, and I had to tell her they weren t available yet.
While the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved use of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine Monday for anyone 12 and older, a U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention immunization panel still has to authorize its use for 12- to 15-year-olds. That move is expected Wednesday.