Pfizer/BioNTech request FDA emergency use authorization for a booster dose of the Covid-19 vaccine for children ages 5 through 11
The companies have said that a third vaccine dose raised Omicron-fighting antibodies by 36 times in this age group.In an analysis of 140 children with no evidence of prior Covid-19 infection, antibody levels against the original strain of the SARS-CoV-2 virus were six times higher one month after a booster dose than a month after the second vaccine dose.
More than 10,000 children between the ages of 6 months and 12 years are enrolled in Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine trials at study sites around the world. The companies expect to submit data from these trials focused on children younger than 5 in the coming months. That age group is the only one for which a Covid-19 vaccine has not been authorized in the US.
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