FDA grants full approval to Moderna’s Covid vaccine for children but limits eligibility

Moderna’s Covid-19 vaccine for children has been given full Food and Drug Administration approval, making it the first Covid vaccine for kids in the United States that will no longer be administered under an emergency use authorization. 

But the approval comes with a proviso: It is for use in children who have at least one medical condition that puts them at increased risk of severe illness from Covid, according to the FDA.

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