If US regulator okays vaccines for younger children, Israel is widely expected to follow suit with its own approval process; health officials say shots could start within weeks

Israel planning to follow suit after its own approval process, as soon as mid-November

Virus czar: Israeli kids to start getting inoculated after US counterparts, parents must 'protect their children'; Health chief Ash: Government go-ahead may come 'in several weeks'

US says benefit outweighs any risk, no unexpected side effects; panel to vote Tuesday before decision made on authorization; Israel said planning to inoculate kids from December

FDA expected to weigh in on findings, which also show shot to be safe for smaller kids, later Friday, with child-sized doses possibly available starting as early as next month

Pharmaceutical giant's chief says trials 'provide further evidence of the benefits of boosters' and will be shared with regulatory agencies 'as soon as possible'

As the FDA prepares to approve shots for children, pediatric diseases expert Galia Grisaru-Soen warns new variants could prove 'more serious' for them

Researchers analyzing Clalit data of over 94,000 vaccinated adolescents and the same number of unimmunized finds those who got the shot are 90% less likely to get the coronavirus

Pharma firm formally files application with American regulators; Israel waiting for FDA approval before okaying shots for that age group; no major side effects seen in study

Data from 2.5 million who got vaccine finds phenomenon afflicted only 0.002%, and was found to be serious in only 2% of those cases that did develop