"FDA's authorization of updated (bivalent) COVID-19 vaccines for this younger age group, and CDC's recommendation for use, are critical next steps forward in our country's vaccination program—a program that has helped provide increased protection against severe COVID-19 disease and death," CD...
Everyone over the age of 6 months should get the latest COVID-19 booster, a federal expert panel recommended Tuesday after hearing an estimate that universal vaccination could prevent 100,000 more hospitalizations each year than if only the elderly were vaccinated. The Centers for Disease Control ...
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday voted to recommend that all children aged 5 to 11 should receive a COVID-19 vaccine booster dose at least five months after completing the primary vaccination course. (Reporting by Manas Mishra in Bengaluru; Editing by Leslie Adl...
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is weighing whether to recommend another COVID booster shot this spring, most likely for those who are vulnerable to severe illness.
They might have a harder time caricaturing a former Centers for Disease Control and Prevention director who ran the agency when COVID vaccines were being developed, promoted vaccination and repeat boosting as recently as 2022 and promoted cloth face masks as “one of the most powerful weapons we...
Moderna's booster will come at half the dose of the original two shots. As for recipients of the single-shot J&J vaccine, a COVID-19 booster is recommended for everyone at least two months after their vaccination. That's because the J&J vaccine hasn't proved as protective as th...
Guangdong’s COVID-19 situation has mostly stabilized since Guangzhou’s recent outbreak was primarily brought under control, with all cities in the province now classified as“low-risk.” However, as the situation improves locally, t...
A pharmacy technician loads a syringe with Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine at a mass vaccination site, March 2, 2021, in Portland, Maine. A key vaccine advisory committee on Thursday endorsed the use of Pfizer booster shots among certain populations, setting the stage for mill...
While the COVID-19 vaccines continue to offer strong protection against severe illness, hospitalization and death, immunity against milder infection seems to be dropping months after vaccination. Last week's FDA advisory panel decision was only the first hurdle as the government sets its booster poli...
A senior citizen receives COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination site in Haizhu district of Guangzhou, south China's Guangdong Province, April 7, 2022. Photo:Xinhua A well-timed second booster dose is necessary for a safe, long-term exit from the pandemic, the Chinese Center for Disease Control...