America’s youngest children could soon have access to two COVID-19 mRNA vaccines.
An expert panel on Wednesday (June 15) unanimously found Moderna’s vaccine safe for children 6 months to 6 years old, providing protection against COVID-19. The committee also voted to support a Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine for children ages 6 months to 5 years.
If its decisions are upheld by the FDA’s commissioner and the CDC, the COVID-19 mRNA injections will be available for young children as soon as Tuesday (June 21).