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FDA & CDC Approve COVID-19 Vaccines for Children Under 5

HeadlineJun 21, 2022

Some 17 million children in the United States are now eligible to receive COVID vaccines beginning today. Over the weekend, the CDC and FDA signed off on two-dose Moderna and three-dose Pfizer vaccines for children as young as 6 months old. Until now only children 5 and older were eligible to be vaccinated.

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