COVID-19 vaccines could be available for kids as young as 6 months old starting this fall
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- Pfizer and Moderna could have COVID vaccines for children as young as six months old by this fall.
- Pfizer will likely start testing the vaccine in the next few weeks, The New York Times reported.
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COVID-19 vaccines could be available for US children as young as 6 months old by the fall, Pfizer and Moderna told The New York Times.
Pfizer announced on Tuesday that it is starting to test its COVID-19 vaccine in kids aged 5 to 12, and told The Times that it would likely start testing the shot in kids as young as 6 months old in the next few weeks.
By the fall, Pfizer said it hopes to be able to apply to the Food and Drug Administration for emergency authorization of the vaccine for younger children.
Moderna told the Times that it is also expecting FDA authorization by early fall.
"We have to go down in age very slowly and carefully," Moderna's chief executive, Stéphane Bancel, told The Times.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates.
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