Moderna asks FDA to authorize COVID-19 vaccine for children under 6

Moderna on Thursday asked the Food and Drug Administration to authorize COVID-19 vaccine for children under 6, according to several news reports

Published: April 28, 2022 7:29am

Updated: April 28, 2022 7:44am

Moderna on Thursday asked the Food and Drug Administration to authorize its COVID-19 vaccine for children under 6, according to several news reports.

The FDA is expected to make a final decision in June on the vaccine, which if approved would be available to children as young as 6 months.

Children under 5 are the only group in the U.S. ineligible to receive a COVID vaccine, according to NBC News.

The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is available to anyone as young as 5, while Moderna and Johnson & Johnson's shots are available only to adults, the news outlet also reports.

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