Moderna asks FDA to authorize omicron Covid boosters for children as young as 6 years old - CNBC

Moderna has asked the Food and Drug Administration to authorize its omicron booster shots for children, the company announced on Friday.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, in a document published Tuesday, said it expects children to become eligible for the omicron boosters by mid-October pending authorization by the FDA.

Pfizer told the CDC advisory committee earlier this month that it expects to ask the FDA to authorize omicron boosters for children ages 5 to 11 in early October.