Coronavirus Watch: Moderna seeks OK for COVID vaccine for little kids

Moderna has submitted a request for emergency use authorization for its COVID-19 vaccine for children 6 months through 5 years old, the company announced Thursday morning.

The company already has emergency use authorization requests pending with the FDA for 6- to 11-year-olds and 12- to 17-year-olds. While other countries already allow Moderna's vaccine to be used in children as young as 6, the U.S. has limited the company's shot to adults.

Read more from reporter Adrianna Rodriguez here.

It's Thursday, and this is Coronavirus Watch from the Paste BN Network. Here's more news to know:

• A new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine found nearly 64% of people who had a family member in the intensive care unit for COVID experienced symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder three months after admission.
• The United States is "out of the pandemic phase" after more than two years of COVID-19 causing tens of millions of cases and nearly 1 million deaths, Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical adviser for President Joe Biden, said this week.
• The Biden administration announced plans Tuesday to expand access to antiviral drugs to treat COVID-19, including Pfizer's Paxlovid medication.

See our COVID-19 resource guide here. See total reported cases and deaths here. On vaccinations: About 77% of people in the U.S. have received at least one vaccine shot, and about 66% are fully vaccinated, according to the CDC.

– Cady Stanton, Paste BN Nation NOW reporter, @cady_stanton