FDA advisory panel endorses Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine for teens, school-age children

FDA advisory panel endorses Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine for teens, school-age children.
THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story follows below.
As
mask mandates went away for kids under 5 in New York City schools, two big
meetings regarding the vaccination of children are set to take place
this week.
The
first meeting is Tuesday, where an advisory committee from the Food & Drug
Administration are set to decide whether the Moderna vaccine should become
available for children ages 6-11.
On
Wednesday, that same committee will decide whether emergency use authorization
will be granted to both Pfizer and Moderna for vaccines for children under 6
years old, all the way as young as 6 months old.
If
these votes do get passed, the next step is for the director of the Centers for
Disease Control to sign off. Then, these vaccines could be getting administered
as early as next week.