Now is a good time to get both your COVID and flu shots, according to a nurse and public health expert
Less than half of Americans plan to get COVID or flu vaccines this year, survey finds 01:30 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, sayin...
Why the CDC recommends everyone get the new COVID vaccine booster for fall 2023 The rollout of the shots will also mark three major shifts in the U.S. response to the virus: the end of government-bought vaccine supplies, a simplification of who is eligible to get shots and a significant...
FDA approves new COVID booster The new shots now await approval from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control before they are available to the public. September 11, 2023 Additional Live Streams Additional Live Streams Live ABC News Live Live ...
Those aged 5 and older, regardless of previous vaccination, can receive a single dose of an updated COVID vaccine at least two months since the last dose of any COVID vaccine. Individuals aged 6 months through 4 years who have been vaccinated against COVID can receive one or two doses of...
wait two months since the last symptomatic infection before getting a booster. Some protective COVID-virus-targeting T cells and antibody-producing B cells remain after infection ends, but they need time to readjust and reset their metabolism before they can respond optimally to a booster vacci...
Dr. Peter Marks, the Food and Drug Administration's vaccine chief, said he is well aware that COVID-19 booster uptake might be low for the latest shot,authorized by the government on Thursday morningfor young children over 6 months old, but he told ABC News that ...
Moderna said it is looking at whether a booster shot – either of its existing vaccine or of a new shot designed to protect against the South Africa variant – could be made available in future if evidence were to emerge that protection against the virus deteriorated over time. ...
Meanwhile, if you've been delaying the first dose of the updated 2024–2025 COVID vaccine, now's the time. Last year, only 40% ofolder adultsgot one dose of a revised vaccine. Willingness to get two doses was even lower: 8.9% of older adults and 5.4% of immunocompromised adults got ...
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...