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Pfizer applied to the F.D.A. for a two-dose vaccine for children under 5, a move officials backed despite mixed results in a trial.

Tuesday, February 1, 2022 4:35 PM EST

In a highly unusual move, federal regulators pressed Pfizer and BioNTech to submit a request for emergency authorization, people familiar with the situation said, even though two doses failed to produce the hoped-for immune response among children aged two to four in a clinical trial.

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