"Where parental consent is required, health workers should allow older children and adolescents to provide assent to the vaccination," the document states.
Just a day after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) gave emergency use authorization of the COVID-19 injection to children 5 to 11, the San Francisco government has immediately moved to mandate it for all children in the Bay Area.
The FDA announced it will delay its decision on whether children ages 12 to 17 should receive the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to determine if the shot increases the risk of a rare side effect that impacts kids' hearts, the agency said Sunday.