A Jackson, Miss., resident receives a Pfizer booster shot from a nurse at a vaccination site Feb. 8. Rogelio V. Solis/AP hide caption
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A child receives the Pfizer BioNTech vaccine at the Fairfax County Government Center in Annandale, Va., last November. Vaccines will soon be available for children as young as 6 months old. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
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A child receives the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Fairfax County Government Center in Annandale, Va., in November 2021. A committee of advisers to the Food and Drug Administration recommended Wednesday that the agency expand authorization of COVID-19 vaccines to children as young as 6-months-old. Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images hide caption
Advisers to the FDA back COVID vaccines for the youngest children
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Kids under 5 may soon be able to get the Pfizer vaccine if regulators decide the shots are safe and effective for this age group. Robyn Beck/AFP via Getty Images hide caption