December 16, 2024 The summer COVID-19 surge is being linked at least in part to more people gathering inside to escape the heat. Should you get a booster now or wait for new versions to come out in the fall? Here’s what the experts are saying. ...
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said Peter Marks, the FDA's top vaccine official, at a briefing Aug. 23. He urged everyone eligible to get immunized, noting that the risk of long COVID is greater in the un- and undervaccinated.
In what has become a pattern of spreading vaccine misinformation, the Florida health department is telling older Floridians and others at highest risk fromCOVID-19to avoid most booster shots, saying they are potentially dangerous.Clinicians and scientists denounced the message aspolitically fueled scar...
It’s tempting to compare COVID vaccines. But in a pandemic, when vaccines are scarce, that can be dangerous. What about the future? The COVID vaccine you get today is not likely to be your last. As immunity naturally wanes after immunization, periodic boosters will become necessary to mai...
A pharmacist prepares to administer COVID-19 vaccine booster shots during an event hosted by the Chicago Department of Public Health at the Southwest Senior Center on Sept. 9, 2022 in Chicago.Scott Olson/Getty Images, FILE The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now looks to ...
"Even being infected with COVID-19 after receiving full vaccination, people are more likely to only suffer slight symptoms," he said. "Vaccination also drops the virus' infection ability for spreading to others. So we encourage...
Dr. Scott Gottlieb, the former FDA commissioner, tells "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" that despite the summer surge of COVID, the "timing is about right" for the rollout of the new COVID booster and free tests that will be av
Before vaccination, the odds of experiencing long COVID changed little over time. A first vaccine dose was associated with an initial 13% decrease in the odds of long COVID, but it is unclear from the data whether this improvement was sustained over the following 12 weeks, until a second ...
In the latest study, they looked at why there are so many omicron breakthrough infections, even among people who have been triple vaccinated; how this is affected by previous infection history; and whether omicron infection at least offers a 'natural booster' of COVID-19 immunity. ...