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(Reuters) – The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday authorized updated COVID-19 booster shots from Moderna (NASDAQ:) and Pfizer (NYSE:) and its partner BioNTech for children as young as 6 months of age.
The amended authorizations allow use of Moderna’s bivalent shot in children 6 months through 5 years of age, while the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine can be given to those aged 6 months through 4 years.
Pfizer’s shot can be administered as the third shot for those eligible and have not completed their primary vaccination series, the agency added.
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