Booster shots are recommended for people aged 18 and older who received a Johnson & Johnson vaccine at least two months ago. Certain groups may also get a booster shot if it has been at least six months or longer since their second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccine. Can I g...
Update: On November 19, the CDC’s independent panel of vaccine scientists endorsed Covid-19 vaccine boosters for all adults. Covid-19 booster shots are more available than ever–but that doesn’t mean you ought to recommend them to your staff. On Monday, health officials in New York City...
If you are aged 65 and older:People in this age group may have come to expect that they can get two Covid shots per cold-and-flu season. That’s because the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, the CDC’s vaccines expert panel, has recommended that people aged 65 and older be ...
New human clinical trial data announced by Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech suggest theupdated COVID-19 vaccine boosters introduced this fallwill outperform their original formulation in guarding against the BA.4 and BA.5 variants, the companies said Thursday. The new findings are the first ...
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...
COVID-19 vaccines tweaked to better match today's omicron threat are expected to roll out in a few weeks but still up in the air is how much benefit the booster shots will offer, who should get one—and how soon. Pfizer and rival Moderna both asked U.S. regulators this week toauthori...
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In this new episode of our coronavirus podcast, we discuss a study that looked at the effects of Paxlovid on long COVID symptoms, and we also talk new bivalent boosters and immunity.
The original vaccinations for COVID-19 induce potent antibodies that protect against SARS-CoV-2. But a new Northwestern Medicine study shows the antibodies generated by those prior vaccinations or infections can actually "hurt" the booster shots. That's because these antibodies rapidly "mop up" th...
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...