Pfizer and Moderna expand their COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials in children ...

BREAKING NEWS: Pfizer and Moderna expand their COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials in children aged 5-11 at urging of FDA Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna are being asked by the FDA to expand the number of children aged 5-11 in their COVID-19 vaccine clinical trials Currently, the companies have 3,000 children each, but could now see the number of participants double to 6,000 The move is to help detect rare cases of heart inflammation seen in people under age 30 who have been vaccinated 

By Mary Kekatos Acting U.S. Health Editor For Dailymail.Com

Published: 18:10 BST, 26 July 2021 | Updated: 18:10 BST, 26 July 2021