The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted 13-1 on Wednesday to recommend a booster of Pfizer and BioNTech's Covid-19 vaccine for adolescents age 12 and older.
Jamie Blank holds her son, Ari Blank's hand as he receives a vaccine from a healthcare worker.
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If the CDC Director follows the panel's recommendation, adolescents will be able to get a third shot of Pfizer's vaccine at least five months after completing their primary series of shots.
The Israeli Ministry of Health found that the risk of myocarditis, a heart inflammation, was low in adolescents who received booster shots.
Israeli Ministry of Health head of public services Dr. Sharon Alroy-Preis told the panel that a single booster reduced the risk of infections.
The most common adverse reactions to Pfizer's vaccine are dizziness, temporary loss of consciousness, and headaches, which are considered non- serious, according to a member of the CDC's Vaccine Safety Team.
The interval for booster shot eligibility was reduced to five months from six after the FDA authorized the use of a third dose of Pfizer's vaccine.
There have been record-breaking levels of Covid-related hospitalizations in Connecticut, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Maine, Missouri, Ohio, Pennsylvania and Washington, D.C. According to CDC data, vaccine use among teenagers has slowed. Data shows that Covid poses a greater risk to children than vaccine side effects. The risk of myocarditis or pericarditis was found to be 0.07 in 1 million for the first dose of the Pfizer vaccine and 70.8 in 1 million for the second dose, according to a study. Peter Marks is the director of the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research for the FDA.
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CDC officials said that the data may not be accurate for the omicron variant because it was collected when delta was the dominant variant in the U.S.
The Wall Street Journal reported that the CDC Advisory Panel was considering Pfizer Covid-19 Boosters.
Children are hospitalized with Covid at record numbers.
