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...
NBA Mandates COVID Booster for Media, Personnel Nearest Players More Reuters FILE PHOTO: May 6, 2021; Los Angeles, California, USA; COVID-19 health and hygiene protocols are displayed on the Staples Center during the NBA game between the LA Clippers and the Los Angeles Lakers. Man...
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....
In April, Pfizer announcedthat it had submitted an application to the FDA to expand its booster shot to healthy elementary-age kids.Everyone 12 and older is already urged to get a booster dosefor the best protection against emerging new variants — and some people, including those 50 and olde...
December 16, 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. ...
Specifically, we predicted that delay discounting would be a significant predictor of booster willingness after controlling for demographic and distress variables—important predictors of main dose vaccination decisions (Halilova et al., 2022, 2024a). We controlled for factors that have previously been...
Doctor Alice Tan, an internist at MizMedi Women's Hospital in Seoul, joins us via Skype to discuss the booster shot campaigns. She said vaccine price deals between pharmaceutical companies and governments are kept secret, putting developing countries at a disadvantage....
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: ...
Kates, who works in Washington, D.C., has run into challenges finding a COVID booster for herself. “I have one next week,” she said. The two companies that make the approved COVID boosters – Moderna and Pfizer -- have said they have enough doses to go around, ...
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 tothe virus: the end of government-bought vaccine supplies, a simplification of who is eligible to get shots and a significant ...