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.
Already about three-quarters of U.S. children of all ages show signs they've been infected at some point during the pandemic.Moderna submitted data to the Food and Drug Administration that it hopes will prove two low-dose shots can protect babies, toddlers and preschoolers - albeit not as effectively during the Omicron surge as earlier in the pandemic.
Whether it's one company's shots or both, FDA vaccine chief Dr. Peter Marks said the agency will “move quickly without sacrificing our standards” in deciding if tot-sized doses are safe and effective. “It's very important to get the youngest children vaccinated” but “moving quickly doesn't mean moving sloppily,” said Dr. Philip Landrigan, a pediatrician and public health expert at Boston College. FDA must “see if it's safe. They need to see if it's effective. And they need to do so swiftly. But they won't cut corners.
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