FDA authorizes first Covid vaccine for kids ages 5-11

 https://www.politico.com/news/2021/10/29/fda-authorizes-first-covid-vaccine-for-kids-ages-5-11-517679

 In its announcement, the agency noted that the vaccine — given to 5-11-year-olds as two shots, each one-third the size of each adult shot — provoked an immune response comparable to that seen in young adults. FDA added that "no serious side effects" had been observed in Pfizer and BioNTech's ongoing clinical trial in younger children.

FDA said Friday that about 8,300 children between 5-11 years old have been hospitalized with Covid-19, and as of Oct. 17, 146 deaths from Covid-19 had been reported in that age group.