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CDC signs off on Pfizer COVID booster shot for children amid latest COVID surge

Name: CDC signs off on Pfizer COVID booster shot for children amid latest COVID surge
Uploaded: 2022-05-21T07:12:00-0400
Duration: 4 min 22 s
Description: A panel of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisers voted to recommend a third dose of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 5 to 11. This comes as the U.S. is seeing high levels of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations. CBS News medical contributor Dr. David Agus has more information.

A panel of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisers voted to recommend a third dose of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 5 to 11. This comes as the U.S. is seeing high levels of COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations. CBS News medical contributor Dr. David Agus has more information.