Andrea Garcia, JD, MPH, on when the youngest kids can get vaccinated | COVID-19 Update

AMA CXO Todd Unger discusses FDA timeline on Pfizer & Moderna vaccines for the youngest children with AMA Director of Science, Medicine and Public Health, Andrea Garcia. Also covering the FDA advisory committee's recommendations for kids ages 6 to 17, news on a possible booster for fall, as well as the lifting of testing requirements for international travel to the U.S. 0:00 AMA COVID-19 Update for June 16, 2022 0:37 FDA's advisory committee unanimously voted to recommend EUAs for both Pfizer and Moderna vaccines for young children 1:56 What concerns remain around potential authorizations? 2:52 Share details on Moderna's booster dose that would specifically target variants 4:02 Any news on booster doses for the fall? 4:57 FDA’s vaccine advisory committee also unanimously recommend Moderna’s COVID vaccine for kids ages 6 to 17 5:55 CDC data showed that 189 children aged 5-11 and 443 adolescents/teens had died of COVID 6:43 Recap details regarding Novavax's COVID vaccine 7:22 What's holding up the FDA's decision on Novavax? 8:13 What are the COVID case numbers this week? 9:23 Travelers no longer need to provide a negative COVID test in order to enter the U.S. 10:19 What's the AMA doing in regards to the previously overturned CDC mask mandate? Stay up to date on the latest information about the pandemic: https://ama-assn.org/covid-19-resources. Visit the COVID-19 Daily Video Updates page for more videos in this series: https://ama-assn.org/covid-19-videos.