FDA Authorizes Updated COVID-19 Vaccines for Babies, Toddlers

Food and Drug Administration Commissioner Robert Califf speaks to members of Congress in Washington on June 16, 2022. Joe Raedle/Getty Images

U.S. drug regulators on Dec. 8 announced emergency clearance for two COVID-19 vaccines for children as young as 6 months of age.

The updated vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna are now able to be administered to younger children after previously only being available to those 5 years of age and older, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said.