September 20, 2024

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FDA authorizes bivalent COVID-19 boosters for children ages 5 to 11

Yahoo News – USA Today

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Children ages 5 to 11 are now eligible to receive a COVID-19 booster aimed at both the original virus that causes COVID-19 and the omicron BA.4 and BA.5 variants.

The Food and Drug Administration authorized the boosters Wednesday morning from both Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna, and the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention gave a thumbs up on the shots several hours later.

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