East Hartford High School senior Sudeen Pryce, right, center, receives support from classmate Alexia Phipps, left, East Hartford High School Intervention Coordinator Mark Brown, second from left, and EMT Katrinna Greene, top right, of Manchester, as RN Kaylee Cruz of Bristol administers a shot to Pryce at a mass vaccination site at Pratt & Whitney Runway in East Hartford, Conn., Monday, April 26, 2021. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)
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The Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine can now be used in children ages 12 to 15, according to the Food and Drug Administration, which extended authorization of the vaccine to that age group Monday.
On Wednesday, an advisory committee to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted to recommend use of the vaccine in this age group. Some states have already opened up vaccine appointments to 12- to 15-year-old adolescents, others are expected to do so Thursday or in the next few days.
“Having a vaccine authorized for a younger population is a critical step in continuing to lessen the immense public health burden caused by the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Peter Marks, MD, director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research. “The FDA can assure the public and medical community that the available data meet our r
The Food and Drug Administration appears on the verge of allowing the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine to be used in children ages 12 to 15. The authorization may come next week, if not before.
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