covid vaccines for children

Children as young as 5 could soon be eligible for coronavirus vaccines as a panel of advisers for the Food and Drug Administration gave Pfizer’s child-size COVID vaccine its endorsement Tuesday, but there are still some steps that need to be taken.

Federal health regulators said late Friday that child-size doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine appear highly effective at preventing symptomatic infections in elementary school children and caused no unexpected safety issues.

Chicago’s top public health officials are set to deliver an update Tuesday afternoon on coronavirus vaccines in children.

As the FDA plans to meet soon to discuss the next eligible age group, children ages 5-11, for the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine, doctors at Advocate Children’s Hospital have been talking with families and parents, listening to their questions and concerns. NBC 5’s Lauren Petty reports.

A key CDC advisory panel voted Wednesday to recommend expanding usage of Pfizer’s and BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine to kids ages 12 to 15. NBC 5’s Lauren Petty reports.

Several coronavirus vaccines awaiting FDA approval have shown high levels of effectiveness in adults, but the results from phase three clinical trials haven’t included children, and a group of physicians is hoping to change that. NBC 5’s Lauren Petty reports.