How to time your flu shot:If you want a Covid booster soon and you want to get your flu shot at the same time, you probably won’t be getting as much protection from the latter as you might if you timed it differently. That said, better early than never, Krammer said. If you’r...
That effort got a lift with 28 million U.S. kids 5 to 11 years old now eligible for child-sized doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. Moves elsewhere, like Austria’s recent decision to require all adults to be vaccinated and even the U.S. authorizing booster shots for all adults o...
What is the difference between a 3rd COVID shot and a booster shot? While a third COVID-19 shot and a booster may seem like the same thing, there is a difference. PONTIAC, Mich. - Oakland County is preparing to administer its first round of COVID-19 booster shots ...
That effort got a lift with 28 million U.S. kids 5 to 11 years old now eligible for child-sized doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine. Moves elsewhere, like Austria’s recent decision to require all adults to be vaccinated and even the U.S. authorizing booster shots for all adults on ...
Eventually, though, as the number of mutations accrue, experts say vaccines should be reformulated to better suit dominant strains, especially as it’s expected that people will have to get booster shots perhaps every few years. Updating the vaccines is a process that ...
We'll continue to update this feature as more states offer apps and other features to store COVID-19 vaccine cards online. And remember: If you get abooster shot, you'll need to re-upload your vaccination record. Watch this:What to do if you lose your vaccination card...
New Jersey COVID-19 Data DashboardUntil this week, a right-arrow click brought users directly to a breakdown of how many people are vaccinated in New Jersey, by age, gender, and race or ethnicity. But now sandwiched in between is a new map, that of "persons with at least one booster...
This means researchers are now focused on measuring how much additional protection each year's new COVID booster shots will offer everybody, regardless of whether they got all their previous shots.
“The challenge for COVID is what variant do you pick” when modifying a vaccine, he said. “How often does it change?” Once that’s decided, would people who’ve already received the original COVID-19 vaccine get a booster shot to protect against variants of concern while vaccine-naive...
As the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines continues, public attention is increasingly turning to booster shots, which aim to top up immunity if it wanes. But is a third dose needed? And if so, when? Let's take a look at what the data tell us so far about how long immunity from COVID-...