Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 02 Nov 2021, 10:24 pm Print
Pfizer Pixabay
Washington/UNI/Sputnik: The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted unanimously to recommend the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine for children between five and 11 years old.
"The Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is recommended for children 5-11 years of age in the US population under the FDA’s Emergency Use Authorization," ACIP recommended on Tuesday.
The recommendation passed unanimously with 14 votes in favor.
On Monday, White House COVID-19 Response Coordinator Jeffrey Zients said Pfizer is shipping the first seven million vaccine doses out of the total of 15 million doses intended for children aged five to 11, after the US Food and Drug Administration provided emergency use authorization last week.
The recommendation comes after The BMJ reported that clinical researchers involved with the phase III trials of the Pfizer vaccine, including those in children and young adults, engaged in poor scientific practices such as data falsification and inadequately trained vaccinators.
- WHO report: 1 in 10 healthcare workers in Europe battling suicidal thoughts
- Mary Brunkow, Fred Ramsdell and Shimon Sakaguchi win Nobel Prize in Medicine. What did they discover?
- Pop star's hair trend causes kidney problems for Chinese woman
- Fewer than one in 10 Somalis to receive life-saving aid in November, warns WFP
- WHO report: 1.4 billion people lived with hypertension in 2024, only 1 in 5 have it under control
