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Pfizer says lower-dose Covid vaccine for small kids could also work for big kids

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Older Kids Arnold S. Monto, the acting FDA advisory committee chair and an epidemiology and global public health professor at the University of Michigan, asked what would happen to the antibody response and side effects if 12- to 15-year-olds receive the lower dose.

A 10-microgram dose might provide an antibody response for children 12 to 15, as they demonstrated higher responses that conferred a higher level of efficacy in the trial testing the 30-microgram adult dose, Gruber said.  “We have some possibility of looking at that in the future, but we don’t have that data today," he said.

But that change likely wouldn’t happen until the pandemic ends, he said. “The key goal right now is obviously providing protection with a safe and

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