With Pfizer EUA For 5-11 And Moderna Delay For Adolescents, US FDA Walks Myocarditis Tightrope
Executive Summary
COVID vaccine safety concerns from international analyses will force sponsors and FDA to again confront the challenge of how to make bad news for one shot not turn into bad news for all.
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