FDA authorizes Pfizer COVID-19 boosters for 12- to 15-year olds.
Dr. Alok Patel, a physician at Stanford Children’s Health, discusses how this new approval will help in schools.COVID-19
FDA's leaders said they were confident that boosters for 12-15 year olds will be safe, based on data from Israel on over 6,300 adolescents.In particular, acting Commissioner Janet Woodcock and the FDA's vaccine chief Peter Marks said the data on myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart that’s rare but has been linked to the mRNA vaccines among young men, is even rarer with the third COVID-19 shot, and particularly rare among this age group.
"In the setting of a tremendous number of omicron and delta cases in this country, the potential benefits of getting vaccinated in this age range outweigh that risk," Marks said.Marks and Woodcock also explained that the patchwork of booster recommendations the U.S.
The FDA said some even younger children who are immunocompromised should be eligible to get the boosters as well.
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