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COVID-19 vaccines are safe and effective. Vaccines cannot give you COVID-19. You may have side effects after vaccination. These are normal, and should go away in a few days. Can you get a different COVID-19 vaccine booster? Mixing and matching is OK for boosters Through the FDA's aut...
Currently, a single booster dose isrecommended for all COVID-19 vaccinesin younger adults and children older than 5 years old. A second booster is recommended if you are 50 and older, or you are 12 years and older andimmunocompromised. Boosters for Pfizer’sComirnatycan be given to people ...
didn’t wait for the arrival of the updated Covid boosters. He opted instead to get one of the previous iterations of the vaccines about a month ago, because of the high levels of Covid transmission this summer.
A government rollout plan anticipates that people who've already gotten their initial vaccinations would qualify for one of the new combination shots, regardless of how many boosters they've already had. WHEN SHOULD THOSE ELIGIBLE GET THE NEW BOOSTER?
"We have thought this could be simply due to the time-dependent maturation of the immune response. But another reason is that waning of antibodies would allow the booster to persist in the body for a longer time. If the booster shot in your muscle perdures for a longer time, you are li...
Some of these health problems might linger for weeks, months, or even years. Some of the symptoms are the same as for COVID-19, while others are quite different. Nearly 1 in 5 people who've had COVID-19 have symptoms a month or longer after the infection. Among people who needed hos...
In America, there have been no deaths and are unlikely to very many. By comparison, the ordinary flu (did you get your flu vaccination shot?) has already killed 187 children in America since January 1st. See this page for a compassion of COVID-19, the flu and automobile accidents See...
Find out the best way to care for yourself when recovering from COVID-19, including how long you should quarantine, whether you should get vaccinated, when it is safe to undergo a surgery, and how to spot and, possibly, improve lingering symptoms.
Following the outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020, scientists made history by working swiftly to develop a vaccine and distribute it to the masses. To keep their campuses safe and stop the spread of the virus, many colleges and universities introduced policies