CDC Vaccine Panel Recommends Pfizer Booster Shot For Kids 5-11

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory committee on Thursday (May 19) said children ages 5 to 11 “should” receive a booster dose of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, building on FDA’s recent authorization of booster shots for the younger age group. The advisers voted 11-1, with one member abstaining, to recommend that children “should” receive the booster instead of simply saying that they “may,” in order to streamline communications and build confidence in the vaccine. Helen Talbot, an associate...