COVID-19 mRNA Vaccines Are Safe for Kids as Young as Six Months, Study Says

Multiple doses of the COVID-19 mRNA vaccines are safe in children as young as six months, reports the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Research published in the CDC’s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report on June 8 included the first study of a third mRNA COVID-19 vaccine dose in young children. From June 2022 to May 2023, the parents of nearly 3,000 children submitted surveys to v-safe, the CDC’s post-vaccine symptom reporting system, about how their young child fared after receiving a third dose—either of the original or bivalent formulation—of Pfizer-BioNTech’s or Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccine. Data were also collected from the Vaccine Adverse Event Reporting System (VAERS), which allows vaccine manufacturers, health-care providers, and the public to report side effects they’ve experienced or documented. [time-brightcove not-tgx=”true”] In an analysis of the v-safe data, the CDC found that 37.7% of children ages 6 months to 5 years who had received third doses of an mRNA vaccine made by either manufacturer had no reported reactions. Of those who did have reactions to the vaccine, most were minor and included issues like itchiness at the injection site, irritability, and sleepiness. Read More: 5 Good Reasons to Get Your Young Kid Vaccinated Against COVID-19 So far, about 550,000 young children in the U.S. have gotten a third dose, the study authors write, and VAERS has received just eight serious re...
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