U.S. status of Covid-19 vaccines for children under 5

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Mon, 2022-03-21 10:00 — mike kraft

... About 18 million US children under 5 are still not eligible for the protection of a Covid-19 vaccine. Children are less likely than adults to be hospitalized or to die from Covid-19, but at least 400 children age 4 and younger have died from Covid-19, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Experts say the wait for a vaccine may not be much longer.

Moderna has said that it expects to report trial data in children 2 to 5 years of age in March, and it may seek sign off from the FDA "if the data is supportive and subject to regulatory consultation." Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine is currently authorized in the US only for adults.

Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said Sunday that he expects to have a vaccine for children 6 months to 4 years old "potentially in May, if it works."

"And we will be ready with manufacturing," Bourla added on CBS' "Face the Nation." Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine is already authorized for people as young as 5.

Johnson & Johnson, which makes the other Covid-19 vaccine authorized in the United States, has a late-stage trial of a vaccine for 12- to 17-year-olds but nothing for this younger group. ...

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