The FDA on Friday authorized two Covid-19 vaccines for emergency use in babies, toddlers and preschool-age children, setting the stage for the country’s youngest kids to begin receiving shots as soon as next week.

 

The agency’s action came two days after its independent advisory panel on vaccines unanimously voted to recommend EUAs for Moderna’s and Pfizer-BioNTech’s vaccines, which can be administered to children as young as six months. The 21-member panel — comprised of pediatricians, infectious disease experts and vaccine researchers — found that the benefits of vaccinating children under 5 against Covid with either vaccine outweigh potential risks.

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The CDC’s panel of expert advisers will consider whether to recommend the shots’ administration during meetings on Friday and Saturday. Once CDC Director Rochelle Walensky signs off on a recommendation, children are expected to begin receiving shots by Tuesday.

 

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/06/17/fda-authorizes-pfizer-moderna-covid-19-vaccines-babies-toddlers-00040223

 

 

CDC advisers sign off on COVID-19 vaccines for youngest Americans, which will become available as soon as Tuesday

 

A federal advisory panel Saturday strongly recommended that young children receive COVID-19 vaccines.

 

The 12-member committee's unanimous recommendation was the second-to-last hurdle before vaccines become available to children as young as 6 months old as soon as Tuesday. The last step, approval by the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, is expected to happen as soon as Saturday afternoon.  

 

That will clear the way for 10 million vaccine doses, which have already been pre-ordered from the federal government, to begin delivery and distribution as soon as Tuesday (after the Monday Juneteenth federal holiday).

 

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https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2022/06/18/cdc-advisers-recommend-covid-19-vaccines-youngest-americans/7662713001/