FDA advisers vote in favor of authorizing Moderna Covid-19 vaccine for ages 6-17
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Vaccine advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration decided unanimously Tuesday in favor of expanding the emergency use authorization of Moderna's Covid-19 vaccine to include older children and teens, ages 6 to 17, saying it would offer more benefits than risks.
All 22 members of the FDA's Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee voted "yes" in response to two questions of whether the benefits of the vaccine -- when given as two 100-microgram doses for ages 12 to 17 and two 50-microgram doses for ages 6 to 11 -- outweigh its risks, based on the available scientific evidence.
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