FDA expands Pfizer COVID booster, 3rd dose available for 16 and 17 years olds

Name: FDA expands Pfizer COVID booster, 3rd dose available for 16 and 17 years olds
Uploaded: 2021-12-09T18:28:32Z
Duration: 1 min 10 s
Description: The U.S. is expanding COVID-19 boosters, ruling that 16- and 17-year-olds can get a third dose of Pfizer's vaccine. The U.S. and many other nations already were urging adults to get booster shots to pump up immunity that can wane months after vaccination, calls that intensified with the discovery of the worrisome new omicron variant.

The U.S. is expanding COVID-19 boosters, ruling that 16- and 17-year-olds can get a third dose of Pfizer's vaccine. The U.S. and many other nations already were urging adults to get booster shots to pump up immunity that can wane months after vaccination, calls that intensified with the discovery of the worrisome new omicron variant.

Posted December 9, 2021 10:28am PST