Only one member of the 14-member panel voted against the universal recommendation. "I just want to be clear that I am not against this vaccine. The data do look great," ACIP member Dr. Pablo Sanchez said, following his dissenting vote. Sanchez voiced concern over what he saw as "extremel...
As a summer wave of COVID infections rolls across the country, U.S. health officials have recommended that all Americans over the age of 6 months get one of the updated COVID vaccines when they become available this fall. Therecommendationwas issued Thursday by the U.S. Centers of Disease ...
The recommendation will take effect as soon as the new vaccines from Moderna, Novavax and Pfizer become available later this year, the CDC said. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration asked vaccine manufacturers earlier this month to update the new shots to target the K...
Today, Centers for Disease Contol and Prevention (CDC) director Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, endorsed the CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ (ACIP) recommendation for a booster shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine in certain populations and also recommended a booster dose...
"The recommendation acknowledges the increased risk of severe disease from COVID-19 in older adults and those who are immunocompromised, along with the currently available data on vaccine effectiveness and year-round circulation of COVID-19," the CDC said in its news release. "The recommendation ...
"The recommendation acknowledges the increased risk of severe disease from COVID-19 in older adults and those who are immunocompromised, along with the currently available data on vaccine effectiveness and year-round circulation of COVID-19," the CDC said in its news release. "The recommendation ...
"We expect this season's vaccine to be available in the coming days, pending recommendation from public health authorities, so people can ask their doctor about receiving their COVID-19 vaccine during the same appointment as their annual flu shot," Albert Bourla, chairman and CEO at Pfizer, ...
U.S. CDC panel members said simply recommending the vaccine for everybody outweighed complications created by tailoring recommendations more precisely. "I'm strongly in favor of a universal recommendation," panel member and professor at Harvard Medical School Dr. Camille Kotton said. "Let's do...
The alert follows the agency's move over the summer to bolsterits recommendationthat people who are pregnant or trying to become pregnant get vaccinated against COVID-19, citing a growing amount of evidence demonstrating the safety and effectiveness of the shots to protect vulnerable parents and th...
In a unanimous 11-0 vote, the ACIP recommend that everyone 6 months of age and older should receive an updated COVID-19 vaccine, similar to last year's recommendation. The committee also voted unanimously that everyone 6 months of age and older should receive an updated 2024-2025 influenza ...