The Pfizer booster is available to those ages 12 and older, and the Moderna booster is available to those 18 and older. Those who recently received an initial vaccine shot or a booster should wait two months before getting the new booster, and anyone who recently tested positive for COVI...
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 c...
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...
Under the new authorization, children under 6 who received the Moderna vaccine can get a bivalent booster at least two months after their first series of shots. For children under 5 who received the Pfizer vaccine, it's slightly different: Kids can get the newly auth...
As the COVID virus continues toevolve, so does our vaccine response. FromDecember 11, Australians will have access tonew vaccinesthat offer better protection. These "monovalent" booster vaccines are expected to be a better match for currently circulating strains of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that ca...
As the COVID virus continues toevolve, so does our vaccine response. FromDecember 11, Australians will have access tonew vaccinesthat offer better protection. Ad These "monovalent" booster vaccines are expected to be a better match for currently circulating strains of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that...
But Dr. Sims wonders if the updated booster shots which contain a new vaccine should be given in two doses instead of just one as a booster. "My thoughts are, to get the full response, like you got from the original vaccine, you’re going to need that second dose of it," he said...
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: ...
an immunologist at Weill Cornell Medicine, has argued, for various technical reasons, that predictions of the efficacy of the new bivalent vaccine are uncertain. Paul Offit, of Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, even worries they could even be less effective than a booster shot of the origina...
“While booster vaccine effectiveness against breakthrough infection among patients with immune dysfunction is moderate, the booster vaccine is highly effective against severe outcomes regardless of patients’ immune status,” Sun said. During a question-and-answer period, Sun fielded several queries about...