Some health experts say annual booster shots are not worth the risk for otherwise healthy people. May 21, 2025 at 10:16 PM Trump administration policy on COVID vaccine ‘concerning’: Health expert Dr. Raynard
“This is the first respiratory virus season where we have vaccines against the biggest respiratory virus threats, including an updated COVID-19 vaccine, an annual flu vaccine, RSV vaccines for older adults, as well as a long-acting monoclonal antibody for infants that reduces the risk of both...
Earlier in the COVID-19 pandemic, as signs of waning immunity and changes in the virus prompted the rollout of additional doses of vaccine, health authorities took to urging Americans to seek out "booster" shots to improve their protection against the virus. Now, with anupdated vaccine formula...
COVID vaccine funding at the federal level has run dry. Now, the burden of covering vaccination costs has shifted to public and private health insurance plans. Are COVID Booster Shots Free for Everyone? Most immunizations, including the flu vaccine, are classified as apreventative care benefitun...
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Nations short of vaccine should get first doses to curb the pandemic, researchers say. By Amy Maxmen Twitter Facebook Email Israel has announced plans to begin giving booster shots to older adults next week, in the hope of increasing their protection against COVID-19 — and a number of ...
After a meeting of its outside vaccine advisers in June, the FDAsaidit would ask vaccine makers to switch to using only a single component in their recipes targeted at the XBB.1.5 variant, in hopes of broadening immunity. This is a change from the "bivalent" composition used in the last...
Moderna said it is looking at whether a booster shot – either of its existing vaccine or of a new shot designed to protect against the South Africa variant – could be made available in future if evidence were to emerge that protection against the virus deteriorated over time. ...
Booster vaccination increased with older age, with greater education, with higher income, among women, and among those stationed overseas; it decreased with previous COVID-19 infection and use of the Janssen vaccine. There were no significant racial or ethnic disparities in booster vaccination. ...
Myocarditis, an inflammation of the heart muscle, usually responds well to treatment, the CDC says, and research shows people are more likely to develop myocarditis from a COVID infection than from the vaccine. "I think all of that needs to be weighed. And so that's why I hesitate to ma...