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The company hopes to start vaccinating children before the next school year. Pfizer and BioNTech's COVID-19 vaccine is 100% effective against the virus in children ages 12 to 15, the companies ...

U.S. regulators approved updated COVID-19 shots Wednesday but limited their use for many Americans - and removed one of the two vaccines available for young children. The new shots from Pfizer, ...

The U.S. FDA has approved an expanded indication for Sanofi (NASDAQ:SNY)’s quadrivalent meningococcal vaccine, MenQuadfi, now allowing its use in children as young as 6 weeks old. Previously approved ...

For the first time in 30 years, the American Academy of Pediatrics is substantially diverging from U.S. government vaccine recommendations. The group’s new COVID-19 recommendations — released Tuesday ...

WASHINGTON — U.S. regulators approved updated COVID-19 shots Wednesday but limited their use for many Americans — and removed one of the two vaccines available for young children. The new shots from ...