Who should get the new COVID booster? The CDC recommends that everyone 6 months and older get the updated shot. However, if you received a COVID-19 vaccine in the past few weeks, Dr. Russo says it’s a good idea to wait until you pass the two-month mark. When should I get the...
In what has become a pattern of spreading vaccine misinformation, the Florida health department is telling older Floridians and others at highest risk from COVID-19 to avoid most booster shots, saying they are potentially dangerous. Clinicians and scientists denounced the message as politically ...
It’s the first time since the pandemic began that the federal government won’t cover the cost of COVID-19 vaccines. When will the next round of Covid boosters be available? A healthcare worker prepares a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 booster shot at a vaccine clinic ins...
Talbot was speaking Thursday at awebinarhosted by the Infectious Diseases Society of America titled, in part, "COVID-19 New Booster Vaccine & Variants Update." "We are beginning to think of COVID like influenza. Influenza changes each year, and we give a new vaccine for each year. We don...
The updated COVID bivalent booster that targets multiple newer strains of the virus, will likely be available early next week for the youngest children
These "monovalent" booster vaccines are expected to be a better match for currently circulating strains of SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID. Pfizer's monovalent vaccine will beavailableto eligible people aged five years and older. The Moderna monovalent vaccine can be used for those aged...
But where can you get your updated booster? That’s easy to answer thanks toan interactive toolon the official Vaccines.gov website. The tool allows you to enter your zip code and then select which brand of COVID-19 vaccine you are looking for, as well as if the shot is for ...
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 COVID should wait 90 days after the onset of symptoms or a posi...
New COVID-19 booster shots could soon pass the needed hurdles for vaccinations to begin next week. Ad Sources familiar with U.S. Food and Drug Administration plans say boosters could be approved as soon as Friday,NBC Newsreported. The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Advisory...
"I had some family members who got (Covid) so I want to protect myself," said Marveline Muirhead of Farmington Hills. 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...