Moderna COVID Vaccine’s Myocarditis Risk Has Improved With Time, US FDA Says
Executive Summary
‘Robust results’ from recent US surveillance studies show slight decreases in the myocarditis risk differential between the Moderna and Pfizer/BioNTech vaccines, agency says in briefing documents for panel review of Moderna’s pediatric EUA request.
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