U.S. Urges COVID Boosters Starting At Age 12 To Fight Omicron

The FDA and CDC have recommended COVID booster shots for children aged 12 and older. The CDC advisory panel voted 13 to 1 in favor of this recommendation, specifically for the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. The booster is advised at least five months after the second shot. This comes amid rising COVID cases driven by the Omicron variant, with pediatric hospitalizations increasing by 64% in the past two weeks.

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