On Wednesday, the FDA amended the emergency use authorizations of the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccines to allow boosters to be given to children as young as five. KRPS’s Fred Fletcher-Fierro has more.
The Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine is now authorized for children two months after primary or booster vaccination who are at least six years old.
While the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 Vaccine is approved for kids at least two months following their primary or booster vaccination in children as young as five. These updated COVID-19 vaccines include an mRNA component of the original strain to provide an immune response broadly protective against COVID-19.
And an mRNA component common between the omicron variant BA.4 and BA.5 lineages to offer better protection against COVID-19 caused by the omicron variant.
The mRNA in these vaccines is a specific piece of genetic material that instructs cells in the body to make the distinctive “spike” protein of the original virus strain, and the omicron variant lineages BA.4 and BA.5.
Booster vaccines for adults and children are now available. To find and schedule a vaccine near you, visit vaccines.org. For 89 9 KRPS, I’m Fred Fletcher-Fierro
