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

>"The timeline for when children younger than 5 in the United States might start receiving Covid-19 vaccinations has just been pushed back."

>"Children younger than 5 in the United States could begin receiving Covid-19 vaccinations this month or next if the US Food and Drug Administration _...Read More_

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_

"Some 28 million children ages 5 to 11 in the United States may soon be eligible for the Covid-19 vaccine, and plans are already underway to help them get _...Read More_

>"The pauses come amid reports of possible rare side effects from the Moderna jab, including heart inflammation."

[https://edition.cnn.com/2021/08/23/health/covid-19-vaccine-off-label-children-fda-bn/index.html](https://edition.cnn.com/2021/08/23/health/covid-19-vaccine-off-label-children-fda-bn/index.html) >"Even though the US Food and Drug Administration has fully approved the Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine for people age 16 and older, and it _...Read More_

>"The US Food and Drug Administration has extended the authorization of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine to 12- to 15-year-olds, and the Centers _...Read More_

>"Colon and rectal cancer cases are on the rise in young adults -- with half of all new diagnoses in people age 66 and younger. And cases among those under 50 have been increasing since the 1990s."