(CNN) — Vaccine advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration voted unanimously on Wednesday in favor of expanding the emergency use authorizations for the Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech Covid-19 vaccines to include children as young as 6 months. About 17 million kids will become eligible for Covid-19 vaccines once they’re authorized for this age group. She compared the day to December 2020, when the first Covid-19 vaccines were authorized for adults and older teens. There is already slow uptake of Covid-19 vaccines among children in the United States. Barouch, who is not a member of the FDA advisory committee, helped develop and study the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine.

Source: CNN June 15, 2022 22:20 UTC