Pfizer to ask FDA to authorize COVID booster for kids as young as 5
Citing a "robust response" of antibodies against Omicron in their vaccine trials, the companies said they were planning to submit a request "in the coming days."
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Citing a "robust response" of antibodies against Omicron in their vaccine trials, the companies said they were planning to submit a request "in the coming days."
Doctors say clearing the way for new vaccine allows the fight to be nimbler if cases spike, but shoring up the most vulnerable now is the right move at the right time. CBS 2’s Chris Tye reports.
Immunocompromised Americans are also now eligible for an extra dose, as well as all those first vaccinated with Johnson & Johnson's vaccine.
"My hope would be that it would allow them not to have to quarantine if there was an exposure."
Moderna says its lower-dose COVID-19 vaccine works for babies and young children, some progress has been reported in the Proviso District 209 teachers’ strike, Sen. Dick Durbin took a more vocal role Wednesday during Supreme Court confirmation hearings for Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson, and loved ones said goodbye to Chicago legend Pervis Spann “The Blues Man.”
"There is still concern about variants. I still remain highly worried about unvaccinated Chicagoans because we saw during the Omicron surge how differently COVID landed on folks who were unvaccinated."
Chicago's vaccine mandate for city employees remains in place, and with the deadline having come and gone, thousands of city workers could be put on no-pay status.
As of March 8, at least 3,575 city workers were not yet vaccinated. Of those, 2,777 are employees of the Chicago Police Department, and 327 work for the Fire Department.
