Mary Wilson
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PUBLISHED WED, MAR 31 20216:45 AM EDT
UPDATED WED, MAR 31 20219:52 AM EDT
Berkeley Lovelace Jr.
Pfizer said Wednesday its Covid-19 vaccine was 100% effective in a study of adolescents ages 12 to 15, encouraging results that could clear the shots for use in middle school students before school starts this fall.
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said the company plans to submit the new data on the vaccine, which is developed in partnership with German drugmaker BioNTech, to the Food and Drug Administration and other regulators ?as soon as possible,? with the hope that kids in the age group will be able to get vaccinated before the next school year.
... Vaccinating children is crucial to ending the pandemic, public health officials and infectious disease experts say.
Children make up around 20% of the U.S. population, according to government data.
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/31/cov...0percent-effective-in-kids-ages-12-to-15.html
UPDATED WED, MAR 31 20219:52 AM EDT
Berkeley Lovelace Jr.
Pfizer said Wednesday its Covid-19 vaccine was 100% effective in a study of adolescents ages 12 to 15, encouraging results that could clear the shots for use in middle school students before school starts this fall.
Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla said the company plans to submit the new data on the vaccine, which is developed in partnership with German drugmaker BioNTech, to the Food and Drug Administration and other regulators ?as soon as possible,? with the hope that kids in the age group will be able to get vaccinated before the next school year.
... Vaccinating children is crucial to ending the pandemic, public health officials and infectious disease experts say.
Children make up around 20% of the U.S. population, according to government data.
https://www.cnbc.com/2021/03/31/cov...0percent-effective-in-kids-ages-12-to-15.html