CDC Enables Younger Children to Get Updated COVID-19 Boosters After FDA Authorization

Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine is prepared in Los Angeles, Calif., on Jan. 7, 2022. Frederic J. Brown/AFP via Getty Images

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has now enabled younger children to receive updated COVID-19 vaccine boosters.

The CDC’s move came hours after the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) granted emergency authorization on Oct. 12 to Moderna and Pfizer for their updated COVID-19 vaccine booster doses for children between the ages of 5 and 11.