The Food and Drug Administration is preparing to authorize use of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine in kids 12 to 15 years old as soon as next week, according to federal officials via the New York Times.
If permission is granted, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s vaccine advisory panel will likely meet the following day to review the data and issue its recommendations.Local officials in Los Angeles said Monday that they are getting ready to act once approval is issued.“We are working with people across the county so that as soon as we can use that vaccine — the Pfizer vaccine — on 12-15 year olds, we’re ready,” said Los Angeles County Public Health Director Barbara Ferrer“The FDA could approve that any day now,” she
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