Evaluation of mRNA-1273 Covid-19 Vaccine in Children 6 to 11 Years of Age.

  • Creech CB, Anderson E, Berthaud V, Yildirim I, Atz AM, Melendez Baez I, Finkelstein D, Pickrell P, Kirstein J, Yut C, Blair R, Clifford RA, Dunn M, Campbell JD, Montefiori DC, Tomassini JE, Zhao X, Deng W, Zhou H, Ramirez Schrempp D, Hautzinger K, Girard B, Slobod K, McPhee R, Pajon R, Das R, Miller JM, Schnyder Ghamloush S. Evaluation of mRNA-1273 Covid-19 Vaccine in Children 6 to 11 Years of Age. The New England journal of medicine. 2022 May 26;386(386). 2011-2023. PMID: 35544369 [PubMed] PMCID: PMC9127699

Abstract

Vaccination of children to prevent coronavirus disease 2019 (Covid-19) is an urgent public health need. The safety, immunogenicity, and efficacy of the mRNA-1273 vaccine in children 6 to 11 years of age are unknown.