US gives nod to Pfizer Covid vaccine for children aged 5-11
By MYBRANDBOOK
The United States has authorized the Pfizer Covid vaccine for children aged five-to-11, paving the way for 28 million young Americans to soon get immunized. The decision came after a high-level medical panel advising the government this week endorsed the shots, ruling that the known benefits outweighed the risks of side-effects.
"As a mother and a physician, I know that parents, caregivers, school staff, and children have been waiting for today's authorization," said acting Food and Drug Administration Chief Janet Woodcock in a statement.
The vaccine rollout should begin in earnest after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention convenes a panel on Tuesday to further discuss clinical recommendations. Pfizer and its partner BioNTech announced this week.
The US government had bought 50 million more doses as it works to protect children, including eventually those under five. In a clinical trial involving more than 2,000 participants was found to be more than 90 percent effective at preventing symptomatic disease. The vaccine's safety was also studied in more than 3,000 children, and no serious side effects have been detected in the ongoing study. In this age group, the vaccine is given as two shots three weeks apart, dosed at 10 micrograms -- a third what is given to older age groups. Severe Covid is rarer in children than adults, but far from non-existent.
According to the CDC, there have been 8,300 Covid hospitalizations of children aged five-to-11 since the start of the pandemic, and 146 deaths. There have also been more than 5,000 pediatric cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), a rare but highly serious post-viral complication, including 46 deaths. Health authorities will continue to monitor for potentially highly rare side-effects, such as myocarditis and pericarditis (heart inflammation and inflammation around the heart). The clinical trials were too small to detect these, but the hypothesis is they will be exceedingly rare, because the effect is thought linked to testosterone levels.
BREAKING NEWS
TECHNO TRENDS
Microsoft to build a new data centre to support Thailand's tec
Microsoft has revealed intentions to construct a regional data centre as w...
SAP launches cloud services to help Indian scaleups innovate m
SAP at SAP unveils now "GROW with SAP for Scaleups," a new cloud service d...
Denodo and Sonata form alliance to unlock data-to-value creati
Denodo and Sonata Information Technology India Limited (SITL) have annou...
Google Play Store will now let users download two apps simulta
Google Play Store now lets users download two apps simultaneously. While a...
E-Magazine
TECHNOTAINMENT
ED attaches Raj Kundra, Shilpa Shetty’s Rs 97 crore worth as
The Enforcement Directorate (ED) has seized businessman Raj Kundra's pro
Salman Khan trolled for singing with B Praak at Anant Ambani's
To celebrate Mukesh Ambani's youngest son Anant Ambani’s 29th birthday
MOVERS & SHAKERS
DigiCert names Atri Chatterjee as CMO
DigiCert has announced the appointment of Atri Chatterjee as Chief Market
Amagi names its Chief Product Officer
Amagi announced the appointment of Richard Perkett as its Chief Product Of
OPEN YOUR EYES
INTERVIEWS
HPE’s transformation into an edge-to-cloud company is its un
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is driving towards one customer experience
India continues to be a key contributor in Hitachi Vantara’s
The brand strategy of Hitachi Vantara is tied to further expanding the Hita
HOT PICK
COLORFUL rolls out an array of gaming laptops
COLORFUL launched its incredible series of COLORFUL EVOL P15 gaming laptop
Dell Technologies launches new AI-powered commercial PC portfo
Dell Technologies has launched the broadest portfolio of commercial AI lap
MAKE IN INDIA BRANDS
MATRIX COMSEC PVT. LTD.
QUICK HEAL TECHNOLOGIES PVT. Ltd.
OPTIEMUS INFRACOM
JUVAS SOLUTIONS PVT. LTD.
EMINENT CIO'S OF INDIA
ICONS OF INDIA
Technology Icons Of India 2023: Sunil Gupta
Sunil Gupta is the Co-founder, Managing Partner & CEO of Yotta Infrast...
Technology Icons Of India 2023: Nandan Nilekani
Nandan Nilekani is the Co-Founder and Chairman of the Board, Infosys T...
Technology Icons Of India 2023: Sachin Bansal
Sachin Bansal’s fintech startup, Navi Technologies, simplifies loan ...
PARTNER SPEAKERS
PSU
BEL leveraging next generation technologies to keep the country ahead in Defence space
Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL) is a Navratna PSU under the Ministry ...
PGCIL transforming India with its wide power transmission network
Engaged in power transmission, POWERGRID or PGCIL is a stated owned In...
GeM maintains transparency in online procurement of goods & services
Created in a record time of five months, Government eMarketplace is a ...
VIDEOS
Top 25 Brands
Value-Added Distribution
INTEGRA MICRO SYSTEMS PVT. LTD.
Integra is a leading provider of innovative hi-technology products an...
Crayon Software Experts India Pvt Ltd
Crayon helps its customers build the commercial and technical foundati...
IRIS GLOBAL SERVICES PVT. LTD.
Iris Global services is one of the leading distribution houses that d...
ITFORUM 2024
WIITF 2024
CMO of the Year
WOMEN LEADERSHIP
EMINENT CIO's OF INDIA
TRENDS IN TECHNOLOGY
MORE VIDEOS
ADVERTISEMENTS
TECHNOLOGY DISRUPTION
UNICORNS REVOLUTIONISING
