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Pfizer asks FDA to authorize COVID-19 vaccine in kids

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Pfizer-BioNTech formally applied to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for emergency use authorization of its two-dose mRNA COVID-19 vaccine to be used in children ages 5 to 11.The FDA is slated to discuss the authorization during a Oct 26 meeting.

If approved, the vaccine could be in the arms of American kids before the holidays. The two-dose vaccine contains one-third of the vaccine amount used in adults.

It could be a game-changer for kids who have had their school and social lives disrupted for almost 2 years as the nation has tackled the pandemic.

Though children rarely get seriously ill from COVID-19, they can get infected, transmit the virus, and suffer long-COVID symptoms post-infection.

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