COVID Vaccine Authorization Changes Without Advisory Committee Becoming More Common
Executive Summary
Decision to allow boosters for 12- to 15-year-old recipients of the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine will go before CDC's ACIP, but like several other recent changes for COVID vaccines, the US FDA opted to skip its advisory committee.
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