Pfizer asks FDA to allow COVID-19 vaccine for kids under 5
A health care worker fills a syringe with the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at Jackson Memorial Hospital on Oct. 5, 2021, in Miami.Pfizer on Tuesday asked the U.S. to authorize extra-low doses of its COVID-19 vaccine for children under 5. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)
The nation’s 19 million children under 5 are the only group not yet eligible for vaccination against the coronavirus.
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