Booster and Flu Shots Together If I get my Omicron booster right away, should I get a flu shot at the same time, or is there a better time to get the flu shot to avoid interactions and to obtain maximum protection during flu season? It’s fine to save a trip and get both at t...
similar to how the flu shot schedule works. No longer would public health agencies and vaccine companies attempt to reactively update the COVID vaccine when variants come on the scene.
the vaccine helps people, including older adults, pregnant people, and immunocompromised individuals, to build immunity without first becoming sick. According to the CDC,staying up-to-date with updated vaccinesis the best way to protect against COVID-19.1 ...
Children 12 years and older should get either two doses of the Moderna, Pfizer or Novavax vaccine followed by a bivalent booster Nearly 85 percent of adults in the U.S. have completed their primary COVID-19 vaccination series, according to the CDC, but only about a third have received a...
Children 6 months to 4 years who are unvaccinated can get the 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccine in a 2- or 3-dose series. The Moderna shot (marketed as Spikevax) is given in 2 doses, and the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine (known as Comirnaty) is given in 3 doses. ...
But Marks, the FDA’s vaccine chief, was optimistic that aligning the COVID vaccine on a yearly schedule with the flu shot could encourage more people to make it a routine. “If we can see the influenza vaccine and the COVID-19 vaccines occurring at the same visit, it facilitates a vac...
Influenza (annual flu shot) COVID-19* Diphtheria/tetanus/pertussis (DTaP) Tetanus/diphtheria/pertussis (Tdap)Tdap “booster” for adolescents) Inactivated polio virus (IPV) Measles/mumps/rubella (MMR) Varicella(Chickenpox) Pneumococcal conjugate (PCV) ...