Moderna says it's working on a submission to Health Canada for the approval a COVID-19 vaccine for children under the age of six.
The biotech company on Thursday asked U.S. regulators to authorize low doses of its vaccine for children between six months and five years of age.
Frustrated families are waiting impatiently for a chance to protect the littlest kids as all around them people shed masks and other public health precautions -- even though highly contagious coronavirus mutants continue to spread. Moderna's vaccine isn't the only one in the race. Pfizer is soon expected to announce if three of its even smaller-dose shots work for the littlest kids, months after the disappointing discovery that two doses weren't quite strong enough.
If FDA clears vaccinations for the littlest, next the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention would have to recommend who needs them -- all tots or just those at higher risk from COVID-19. But the vaccine proved between about 40 per cent and 50 per cent effective at preventing symptomatic COVID-19 during the trial. Burton blamed the Omicron variant's ability to partially evade vaccine immunity, noting that unboosted adults showed similarly less effectiveness against milder Omicron infections.
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