If regulators agree, it could mean a chance to finally start vaccinating the littlest kids by summer.
FILE - In this March 4, 2021 file photo, a vial of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine rests on a table at a drive-up mass vaccination site in Puyallup, Wash., south of Seattle. Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine works in babies, toddlers and preschoolers the company announced Wednesday – and if regulators agree it could mean a chance to finally start vaccinating the littlest kids by summer.
But parents have anxiously awaited protection for younger tots, disappointed by setbacks and confusion over which shots might work and when. Vaccinating the littlest “has been somewhat of a moving target over the last couple of months,” Dr. Bill Muller of Northwestern University, an investigator in Moderna’s pediatric studies, said in an interview before the company released its findings. “There’s still, I think, a lingering urgency to try to get that done as soon as possible.”
Moderna enrolled about 6,900 tots in a study of the 25-microgram doses. Early data showed after two shots, youngsters developed virus-fighting antibody levels just as strong as young adults getting regular-strength shots, the company said in a press release.
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