"Pfizer and its German partner, BioNTech, on Wednesday finished submitting an application for regulatory authorization of a coronavirus vaccine for children younger than 5."

"Moderna said on Wednesday that it would seek emergency authorization of its coronavirus vaccine for children younger than 6, after interim results from its clinical trial showed that volunteers in that age group had a similar immune _...Read More_

"Moderna said late Thursday that it asked the Food and Drug Administration for emergency authorization of a second booster of its coronavirus vaccine for all adults, a significantly broader request than Pfizer and BioNTech filed for their _...Read More_

"Pharmaceutical giant Pfizer and its partner, BioNTech, will seek emergency authorization for a second booster shot of their coronavirus vaccine for people 65 and older, an effort to bolster waning immunity that occurs several months after _...Read More_

>"Parents will have to keep waiting to find out when their youngest children can get a Covid-19 vaccine."

In December, Pfizer announced that it decided to add a third dose to the primary vaccine regimen for young children. It said the original two-dose series did not provide the expected immunity in 2- to 5-year-olds.

>"Pfizer and BioNTech are requesting emergency use authorization for their two-dose Covid-19 vaccine for children age 6 months up to 5 _...Read More_

>"FDA vaccine advisers t voted unanimously Thursday to recommend emergency use authorization of a booster dose of Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine."

"Vaccine availability will not bring this pediatric outbreak to a halt. But it will help curb the spread of the virus for everyone, and give many families a better sense of how to plan for the future."

>"An FDA-advisory-committee vote has marked the beginning of the end of the pandemic. But there’s still a long road ahead."

“The Vaccine Is Here” by James Hamblin

[https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/12/america-first-covid-19-vaccine-fda-pfizer/617364/?utm_medium=offsite&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=coronavirus-covid-19](https://www.theatlantic.com/health/archive/2020/12/america-first-covid-19-vaccine-fda-pfizer/617364/?utm_medium=offsite&utm_source=google&utm_campaign=coronavirus-covid-19) >"An FDA-advisory-committee vote has marked the beginning _...Read More_