FDA expands Pfizer COVID booster, opens extra dose to age 16
https://apnews.com/671cbe9ecf2a5e2c167f4188b5a50e07
The U.S. is expanding COVID-19 boosters, ruling that 16- and 17-year-olds can get a third dose of Pfizer’s vaccine.
The U.S. and many other nations already were urging adults to get booster shots to pump up immunity that can wane months after vaccination, calls that intensified with the discovery of the worrisome new omicron variant.
