The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is considering revoking the authorization of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine for healthy children under 5 years old, the company confirmed Wednesday.

The move would add another barrier for parents who want to vaccinate healthy children, as shots from Moderna and Novavax were approved for more limited populations.

In May, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) would no longer recommend COVID-19 vaccines for healthy children or pregnant women.

The CDC then updated its immunization schedule to reflect that children with no underlying health condition “may receive” COVID-19 vaccines after consulting with a health care provider — what’s known as “shared decision-making.”

If FDA

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