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Moderna seeks authorization for vaccines for youngest children

Vaccine scientist and pediatrician Dr. Peter Hotez joins Here & Now‘s Celeste Headlee to discuss when Moderna vaccines might be available for children ages 6 months to 5 years old, and what’s taken so long to get the vaccine ready for the last remaining population not eligible yet to be vaccinated.

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