Pfizer, Moderna seek authorization for updated Covid-19 boosters for younger children

Pfizer, Moderna seek authorization for updated Covid-19 boosters for younger children | CNN Younger children could soon be eligible to receive an updated Covid-19 booster shot. Naomi Thomas CNN

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Pfizer and BioNTech on Monday said they completed their submission to the US Food and Drug Administration for emergency use authorization of their updated Covid-19 booster for children ages 5 through 11. Moderna on Friday said it had requested FDA authorization for its updated booster for adolescents ages 12 to 17 and for children ages 6 to 11.

Like the boosters that became available for older people earlier this month, these bivalent boosters target the original coronavirus strain as well as the Omicron BA.4/BA.5 subvariants.

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