Pfizer Plans to Seek Booster Approval for 16- and 17-Year-Olds

Pfizer Plans to Seek Booster Approval for 16- and 17-Year-Olds

Nov. 30, 2021 — Pfizer and BioNTech plan to apply for FDA authorization this week for a booster COVID-19 vaccine for 16- and 17-year-olds. “We expect to share updates on this soon,” Kit Longley, a Pfizer spokesman, told The Washington Post. The FDA could authorize the extra dose within a week. If approved, the additional … Read more

Sixteen and 17-year-olds react to jab rollout plan

Sixteen and 17-year-olds react to jab rollout plan

All 16 and 17-year-olds in the UK will start being offered Covid jabs within weeks, it has been announced. The Joint Committee on Vaccine and Immunisation updated their advice on Wednesday; England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have all said they will begin to roll it out. We asked 16 and 17-year-olds on Weston-super-Mare seafront … Read more