CDC Advisers Recommend COVID-19 Shots For Children Under 5

The final signoff is expected later in the day from CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky.

U.S. health advisers on Saturday recommended COVID-19 vaccines for infants, toddlers and preschoolers — the last group without the shots.

The advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention unanimously decided that coronavirus vaccines should be opened to children as young as 6 months. The final signoff was expected later in the day from CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky.

While the Food and Drug Administration OKs vaccines, it's the CDC that decides who should get them.