The Centers for Disease Control’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices unanimously voted on Tuesday to authorize Pfizer’s COVID shot for children as young as 5 years old.
Data suggests that kids are at lower risk of dying from COVID-19 than from the seasonal flu, but that didn’t stop CDC Director Rochelle Walensky from asking the advisers on the committee to vote yes to approving a low-dose version of the Pfizer shot to be administered to children twice beginning as early as this week.-- More...
