AdvertisementAdvisers to the FDA back COVID vaccines for the youngest childrenJune 15, 2022Scott HensleyfacebookEmailA child receives the Pfizer BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine at the Fairfax County Government Center in Annandale, Va., in November 2021. A committee of advisers to the Food and Drug Administration recommended Wednesday that the agency expand authorization of COVID-19 vaccines to children as young as 6-months-old. (Getty Images)