Originally published by our sister publication Infectious Disease Special Edition
Children who are 6 months of age and older are now eligible to receive the updated, bivalent COVID-19 vaccines (Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech), based on the FDA’s recent amendment to the vaccines’ emergency use authorizations.
Both the updated Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech bivalent COVID-19 vaccines include two mRNA components. One component corresponds to the original COVID-19 strain to induce an immune