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<blockquote data-quote="WPLG" data-source="post: 26336" data-attributes="member: 158">Pfizer now hopes to tell U.S. regulators how well its COVID-19 vaccine works in the littlest kids by late May or early June.Pfizer is testing three extra-small doses of its vaccine in children under 5 after two shots didn't prove quite strong enough. Initial results had been expected last month but the company laid out the latest timeline Tuesday during its discussion of quarterly <a href="https://apnews.com/article/covid-business-health-earnings-pfizer-inc-977449ea46ba0e77f204160d0c034e1d" target="_blank">financial results</a>.Currently in the U.S., only children ages 5 or older can be vaccinated, using Pfizer’s vaccine -- leaving 18 million younger tots unprotected.Rival Moderna hopes to be the first to offer vaccinations for the <a href="https://apnews.com/article/moderna-vaccine-kids-update-fbf1b5e31c973bc09ced30ea590092ba" target="_blank">youngest children</a>. Last week, it filed with the Food and Drug Administration data it hopes will prove two of its low-dose shots work in children younger than 5. Moderna also has filed FDA applications for older kids, although the agency hasn’t ruled on them.The FDA already has set tentative <a href="https://apnews.com/article/covid-science-business-health-dec6d955bcfc27da098779c06e4bc7cb" target="_blank">dates</a> in June to publicly review data on COVID-19 vaccines for tots under 5, from either or both companies.—-The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Department of Science Education. The AP is solely responsible for all content.<a href="https://www.local10.com/news/politics/2022/05/03/pfizer-hopes-to-submit-little-kid-vaccine-data-by-early-june/" target="_blank">Continue reading...</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="WPLG, post: 26336, member: 158"] Pfizer now hopes to tell U.S. regulators how well its COVID-19 vaccine works in the littlest kids by late May or early June. Pfizer is testing three extra-small doses of its vaccine in children under 5 after two shots didn't prove quite strong enough. Initial results had been expected last month but the company laid out the latest timeline Tuesday during its discussion of quarterly [URL='https://apnews.com/article/covid-business-health-earnings-pfizer-inc-977449ea46ba0e77f204160d0c034e1d']financial results[/URL]. Currently in the U.S., only children ages 5 or older can be vaccinated, using Pfizer’s vaccine -- leaving 18 million younger tots unprotected. Rival Moderna hopes to be the first to offer vaccinations for the [URL='https://apnews.com/article/moderna-vaccine-kids-update-fbf1b5e31c973bc09ced30ea590092ba']youngest children[/URL]. Last week, it filed with the Food and Drug Administration data it hopes will prove two of its low-dose shots work in children younger than 5. Moderna also has filed FDA applications for older kids, although the agency hasn’t ruled on them. The FDA already has set tentative [URL='https://apnews.com/article/covid-science-business-health-dec6d955bcfc27da098779c06e4bc7cb']dates[/URL] in June to publicly review data on COVID-19 vaccines for tots under 5, from either or both companies. —- The Associated Press Health and Science Department receives support from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Department of Science Education. The AP is solely responsible for all content. [url="https://www.local10.com/news/politics/2022/05/03/pfizer-hopes-to-submit-little-kid-vaccine-data-by-early-june/"]Continue reading...[/url] [/QUOTE]

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