The FDA has authorized bivalent COVID-19 vaccines for children as young as 6 months old.
Children ages 4 and under who have already completed their three-dose Pfizer vaccine series won’t be eligible for boosters until next year, when more data is available, the FDA said in a“Children in this age group who already completed their primary [Pfizer] series would still be expected to have protection against the most serious outcomes from the currently circulating omicron variant,” the news release stated.
The term"bivalent" means the new vaccines are updated to address virus strains that have become more common since the primary vaccine formula was developed.
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