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Panel OKs Moderna Boosters for Age 12 and Up
A Japanese health ministry panel on December 8 backed a label revision for Moderna’s COVID-19 boosters, endorsing a plan to lower the minimum eligible age from the current 18 to 12. Moderna’s Spikevax is currently available in three forms -…
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