2, 2024 -- Folks might want to try timing their COVID-19 booster vaccine to coincide with a period of increased transmission in their area, a new study suggests.Doing so can improve protection against COVID infection as much as fourfold compared to getting the jab when the coronavirus isn...
COVID-19BOOSTER vaccinesMEDICAL societiesThe 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...
Who Can Get the New COVID Booster Shots? TheCDC recommends(as of this article’s publish date) that“Everyone ages 6 months and older should get the 2024–2025 COVID-19 vaccine.”. They also recommend that getting the vaccine is especially important for the following populations: Never recei...
October 3, 2024 The summer COVID-19 surge is being linked at least in part to more people gathering inside to escape the heat. Should you get a booster now or wait for new versions to come out in the fall? Here’s what the experts are saying. ...
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.
For the 5- to 11-year-olds, it's not clear how much demand there will be for boosters. Only about 30% of that age group have had the initial two Pfizer doses since vaccinations opened to them in November. But in a small study, Pfizer found a booster revved up those kids’ ...
Instead, doctors and health departments are now working on getting used tocallingthis year's newly recommended shots the "2023-2024 COVID-19 vaccine" or simply the "updated COVID-19 vaccine." Looking for the new COVID vaccine booster? Here's where to get the shot. ...
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also backed the FDA's authorization, clearing the way for the shots to be administered in children. The redesigned bivalent booster shots from both Moderna and Pfizer target the original version as well as the BA.4 and the ...
Why the CDC recommends everyone get the new COVID vaccine booster for fall 2023 The rollout of the shots will also mark three major shifts in the U.S. response to the virus: the end of government-bought vaccine supplies, a simplification of who is eligible to get shots and a significant...
Much of theevidencefor booster shots has come from Israel, the first country to push them. “Disease rates started to come down,” Offit noted. “Israel claimed it was because of their boosters.” However, he pointed out, COVID-19 rates had also begun falling around the same time in th...