When will kids be able to get COVID-19 vaccines?
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There could be "enough information to be able to safely vaccinate children of virtually any age" by the end of the year, Dr. Anthony Fauci said at a White House COVID-19 response briefing Friday, pointing to recent data from Pfizer on the safety and efficacy of its COVID-19 vaccine in adolescents.
Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech announced this week that early results from a trial of their COVID-19 vaccine in older children, 12 to 15 years of age, showed it was safe and fully effective. The company said it plans to seek an amendment to its emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration "in the coming weeks," hoping to clear the shots for adolescents "before the start of the next school year." The company also says it expects results ahead of schedule for its pediatric trials in younger children, with data "in the second half of 2021." That could allow for the FDA to greenlight vaccinations for children as young as 6 months old "by early 2022."On May 7, health influencer Paul Saladino, M.D.. posted a video to his X account that promoted feeding "raw dairy" to infants. The post received over 90,000 views and sparked strong backlash before it was removed the following day. Saladino regularly advocates for "animal-based" diets featuring raw milk, including on his TikTok channel where he has over half a million followers.
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