Late last week the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized the emergency use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children five through 11 years of age.
The issue went before the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to issue their determination. The CDC panel of experts voted on Tuesday to recommend the shot, and the Pennsylvania Department of Health says they are ready to begin vaccinating immediately.
Dr. Denise Johnson, MD, Acting Physician General for the Pennsylvania Department of Health appears on Smart Talk Wednesday to outline the plan to vaccinate Keystone kids.
For more on COVID-19 vaccines plus a deeper look at the changing tide of healthcare–check out WITF’s Transforming Health. Online at Transforminghealth.org, a partnership of WITF, WellSpan Health and Capital Blue Cross.
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