U.S. regulators gave Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine emergency use authorization for children ages 12 to 15, making it the first shot available to kids younger than 16, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced Monday. In total, more than 3.1 million kids under 18 have had COVID-19, according to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) data. 'Parents and guardians can rest assured that the agency undertook a rigorous and thorough review of all available data, as we have with all of our COVID-19 vaccine emergency use authorizations.' The FDA also said Monday it will meet June 10 to discuss general considerations for the use of COVID-19 vaccines in children. In fact, the children showed stronger immune responses to the shot than did the 16- to 25-year-old group Pfizer had previously tested its vaccine in.

Source: Daily Mail May 10, 2021 21:21 UTC