A COVID vaccine for kids under 5 might not get the green light until June

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A COVID-19 vaccine for children under 5 has yet to be authorized, and the Biden administration may now wait until as late as June to do so, Politico reports Thursday, per individuals familiar with the matter.

Health officials had originally hoped to OK the shots at the beginning of the year. But now, regulators are inclined to wait until early summer, worried that authorizing one of the two possible vaccines on a "faster timetable" than the other would confuse the general public and perhaps undermine confidence in the shots' effectiveness, Politico writes, per sources.

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Brigid Kennedy worked at The Week from 2021 to 2023 as a staff writer, junior editor and then story editor, with an interest in U.S. politics, the economy and the music industry.