When should we get another shot?" Wednesday, the CDC recommended an additional dose of the updated COVID booster for adults 65 and older at least four months after their first updated booster. Many of us received that back in the fall and the concern is that immunity has waned since...
President Biden’s chief medical adviser Anthony Fauci on Thursday night urged those 18 and older to get a booster shot for added protection against COVID-19. Fauci said on MSNBC’s “All in with Chris Hayes” that he has believed “for some time now” that boosters are effective and ...
Q: Can we say how long the protection from a second booster would be? A: The duration of protection varies from one type of vaccine to the next and so this is still under study for the COVID vaccines. So far, the boosters augment two types of protection: one kind is the levels of ...
The second reason why we're concerned about that kind of thinking is because we really don't know, for example, what long COVID is going to look like after omicron—obviously we haven't been able to see that yet because it's only been circulating for such a short time. So what we'...
New COVID-19 booster shots could be available as early as Tuesday, but it's still unclear who should get them. Pfizer, Moderna and smaller manufacturer Novavax have all produced doses that contain one version of the omicron strain, called XBB.1.5. It’s no longer the dominant st...
New Omicron variants are prompting vaccine-makers to tweak their formulas. Experts weigh in on who needs additional boosters and whether to hold off for the revised shots due in the fall.
How long after having COVID can you get the booster? Does the COVID booster have side effects? Bottom line A lot has happened with COVID-19 vaccines in the past few years, making it difficult to keep up. But we're here for you! We've spent the last few months hearing all about ...
Tom Hart, acting CEO of the ONE campaign, an advocacy group, noted that just 1% of people in poor countries have received even one COVID-19 vaccine dose. “The idea that a healthy, vaccinated person can get a booster shot before a nurse or grandmother in South Africa can get a single...
If you have COVID-19 symptoms and test positive on an at-home test, you have COVID-19.You don’t need to get another test to confirm the results. Butif you have symptoms and you test negative, you should not rule out COVID-19 just yet. In this case, we recommend getting a more...
Adults who received a primary shot and booster dose of Johnson & Johnson's COVID-19 vaccine can now receive a second booster of an mRNA vaccine. Should people under 60 who are eligible get another booster? People 50 and older can now get a second booster shot of either the...