Source: WRAL, 12/9/21

 Federal regulators on Thursday authorized booster shots of the Pfizer-BioNTech coronavirus vaccine for 16- and 17-year-olds, six months after they received their second shot of that vaccine. The move clears the way for several million teenagers to receive an additional shot. All adults have been eligible since Nov. 19 to receive a booster six months after their second shot of Pfizer's or Moderna's vaccines or two months after a Johnson & Johnson shot. Nearly 50 million Americans – or one-fourth of those fully vaccinated – have gotten the additional shots.

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