Updated on: April 19, 2023 / 5:25 PM EDT / CBS News Many seniors can now get another COVID-19 vaccine booster, after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention greenlighted a broad swath of changes on Wednesday that were first authorized by the Food and Drug Administration the day ...
Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, has seen a resurgence of locally transmitted COVID-19 cases since a number of airport workers tested positive for the coronavirus on July 20. Though many of the infected have been vaccinated, Shao Yiming, a researcher at C...
ByABC NEWS September 14, 2023, 2:10 AM4:38 CDC Director: COVID vaccines studied 'more than any vaccine in history'ABC News' Linsey Davis spoke with new CDC Director Mandy Cohen about the approval of a new COVID booster shot and why she feels it is so important for vaccinated and unva...
This reformulation is why health officials are calling this year's shots the "2023-2024 COVID-19 vaccine" or simply the "updated COVID-19 vaccine" —no longer using the word "boosters,"like additional doses have been called in previous rollouts. All Americans, including children as young a...
World Health Organization Puts CDC on Defense by Drastically Narrowing COVID Vax Recommendations April 1, 2023Just the News The U.S. one-size-fits-all COVID-19 vaccine policy, which recommends “up to date” inoculation at all ages regardless of risk level and provides the basis for ongoing...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky signed off on newly-updated COVID-19 booster shots Thursday night, giving the final clearance shots to be administered soon after. The new booster shots have been updated to target two different COVID strains in ...
covid-19The article focuses on the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's recommendation for an additional COVID-19 vaccine dose for older adults, aiming to protect this vulnerable population from severe illness and hospitalization due to COVID-19 infection....
The boosters target the XBB.1.5 Omicron subvariant. That's no longer the dominant variant circulating, but those that are spreading widely are closely related, and health experts say this booster will still offer some protection. "This decision comes at a time when COVID-19 cases are once ag...
recommendations made by itsAdvisory Committee on Immunization Practices(ACIP) that met earlier Wednesday. While there was no vote, the group reaffirmed its commitment to boosters overall, proposing that all Americans over age 6 who have not had a bivalent mRNA COVID-19 booster vaccine go ahead ...
COVID-19 infections in the U.S.and much of the world. Authorities are taking a gamble that the strain, or something similar, will still be the biggest threat in the coming months and, to get ahead of another mutation possibly transpiring, have fast-tracked approval of a targeted booster....