CDC advisers vote to recommend Moderna's COVID vaccine for adolescents

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's outside vaccine advisers voted unanimously Thursday to expand their recommendations for Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine to virtually all ages of children, adding the first alternative to Pfizer's shots for millions of adolescents and school-age kids.

The shots will be officially cleared for use once CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky endorses the updated recommendations. This comes just days after the CDC recommended vaccines from both Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech for preschoolers, toddlers, and infants as young as 6 months old.

Moderna's pediatric shots will join a vaccination effort that has slowed to a near-standstill in children 5 years and older.