The approval comes just two days after an advisory panel recommended both Moderna and Pfizer vaccines for young children.
Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines for children as young as six months, clearing one of the last hurdles for America’s youngest population to get vaccinated more than two years into the pandemic.Key Facts
Pfizer’s vaccine was already available to children and teens ages six to 17, while Moderna’s was not.
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