An Ignoble Experiment: How soon could a COVID-19 vaccine be made available for children under 5?

TRACKING THE COVID-19 VACCINE

Apr 30, 2022

Freeport, N.Y.: Dr. Twana Jackson prepares pediatric doses of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine as the Mount Sinai South Nassau Vaxmobile vists Freeport High School in Freeport, New York on November 30, 2021. (Photo by Steve Pfost/Newsday RM via Getty Images)

How soon could a COVID-19 vaccine be made available for children under 5?

Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech have both filed emergency use authorizations that would include making younger ages eligible for COVID-19 vaccination. More »

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A 7 year-old child holds a sticker she received after getting the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at the Child Health Associates office in Novi, Michigan on November 3, 2021. - An expert panel unanimously recommended Pfizer-BioNTech's Covid vaccine for five- to 11-year-olds on November 2, the penultimate step in the process that will allow injections in young children to begin this week in the United States. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), the top US public health agency, was expected to endorse that recommendation later in the day. (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY / AFP) (Photo by JEFF KOWALSKY/AFP via Getty Images)

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