The new booster shots have been updated to target two different COVID strains in one shot -- the currentomicron subvariants, BA.4 and BA.5, which make up 99% of new cases in the U.S., and the original strain of COVID-19. This is the first time current COVID-19 vaccines ...
"This decision comes at a time when COVID-19 cases are once again climbing. Now, most people 6 months or older in the U.S. are eligible to receive this season's COVID-19 vaccine, even if they have never been vaccinated against COVID-19 before,"Albert Bourla, Pfizer Chairman and CEO...
This marks the first time the makeup of COVID-19 vaccines have been altered since their introduction in late 2020, and many ACIP members expressed reluctance about rubber-stamping the new rollout, with concerns ranging from the lack of human data on these particular bivalent shots to the timing...
That's why today [Tuesday] the CDC is recommending an updated COVID vaccine for everyone over the age of 6 months. Again, it's to protect you from the serious consequences that this this virus still can have. MORE: CDC recommends new COVID booster for all Americans over 6 months amid ...
The CDC is recommending the new COVID booster shot universally for anyone older than 6 months after its panel of outside vaccine advisers endorsed it. Dr. William Schaffner, professor of infectious diseases at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, joined CBS News to talk about the new booster ...
New studies released from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on Friday showed that a booster shot of COVID-19 vaccine provides robust protection against hospitalization and severe disease. The studies from scientists at the CDC are some of the first based on real world...
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 before. The CDC's move clears the final hurdle for eligible...
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....
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The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has endorsed COVID-19 booster shots for millions of older or otherwise vulnerable Americans. The move opens a major new phase in the U.S vaccination drive against the coronavirus. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday endorsed boo...