"Thereafter, no significant changes were seen among people with high risk conditions when vaccine recommendations targeted people with high risk conditions only, compared to a universal vaccine policy," the CDC'
“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...
RFK Jr. cuts COVID-19 vaccine recommendation for healthy kids, pregnant women ABC News' Dr. Darien Sutton discusses the move which could alter guidance for doctors as well as some insurance coverage. Dr. Raynard Washington, epidemiologist and health director in Mecklenburg County, North Carolina, ...
U.S. Reaches 323 Million Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine Administered -CDC More Reuters FILE PHOTO: A large vaccination site is shown as people with preexisting health conditions are granted access to a vaccination during the outbreak of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in Inglewood, ...
A federal program providing free COVID-19 vaccines to uninsured and underinsured adults is shutting down this summer, before the fall rollout of updated vaccines to fight against the latest variants. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
"As soon as they're feeling better, they can get the vaccine if they want it, but they can also choose to wait," the CDC's Megan Wallace said. Anyone who just recently got one of the earlier formulations of boosters is recommended to wait two months before getting the new one. ...
The CDC does not have the authority to mandate vaccines; that decision is left up to states and local jurisdictions. For example, the flu vaccine has long been on the schedule of recommended childhood immunizations, but hardly any state actually mandates it for public schools. ...
The CDC recommends immunizing health-care workers and nursing homes first, but states can distribute the vaccine as they see fit. Hahn told reporters that states should give shots to groups that "make sense," such as the elderly, people with preexisting conditions, police, fire...
“It’s one step at a time.” Dr. Naomi Bardach, a professor of pediatrics at the UCSF School of Medicine, said the CDC recommendation is a sign that COVID-19 is here to stay. She said the addition of the vaccine to the childhood schedule also normalizes the vaccine because pediatrici...
Daley said the group "essentially started with a blank slate" as they sought to reevaluate vaccine recommendations ahead of this fall. Among the data they asked the CDC to gather was on whether healthy children and young adults were still at risk of severe disease from the virus. ...