CDC advisors green-light Pfizer's lower-dose COVID-19 vaccine for kids aged 5-11

Bridgette Melo, 5, holds the hand of her father, Jim Melo, during her inoculation of one of two reduced 10 microgram doses of the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine during a trial at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina on September 28.
Shawn Rocco/Duke University/Handout via REUTERS
An expert panel to the CDC voted Tuesday to offer a low-dose version of Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine to kids ages 5-11 in the US.
The vaccine is the same product that adults and teens receive, but a smaller size.
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