Parents of America, you’re in the home stretch. In all likelihood, Covid-19 vaccines for children under the age of 5 are days away from being available to your little ones.
The Food and Drug Administration is widely expected to issue long-awaited emergency use authorizations of the pediatric formulations of both the Pfizer-BioNTech and the Moderna Covid vaccines within the next couple of days. Before it does, though, its independent vaccine advisers will weigh the evidence on the safety and efficacy of the vaccines at a meeting Wednesday.