US CDC Recommends Updated COVID Vaccines for Those Aged Six Months and Older More Reuters FILE PHOTO: A 4-year-old receives a coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine for children under five years old at Skippack Pharmacy in Schwenksville, Pennsylvania, U.S., June 21,...
The FDA has approved updated COVID vaccines that should protect people against recent variants of the virus. Dr. Celine Gounder explains who should get vaccinated and how the vaccines work.
The CDC is recommending the new COVID booster shot universally for anyone older than 6 months after its panel of outside vaccine advisers endorsed it. Dr. William Schaffner, professor of infectious diseases at Vanderbilt University Medical Center, joined CBS News to talk about the new booster ...
“Today’s announcement reflects the progress we have made in protecting against severe illness from COVID-19,” says CDC Director Dr. Mandy Cohen. “However, we still must use the commonsense solutions we know work to protect ourselves and others from serious illness from respiratory viruses—th...
So even if you've had COVID before or been vaccinated, that immunity and that protection does decrease over time. Plus, what we're seeing is that this virus, the COVID virus, continues to change. That's why today [Tuesday] the CDC is recommending an updated COVID vaccine for everyone...
US CDC Recommends Broad Use of Updated COVID-19 Vaccines More Reuters FILE PHOTO: Syringes ready to be administrated to residents who are over 50 years old and immunocompromised and are eligible to receive their second booster shots of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccines are seen in...
to be even more specific andtarget its descendent KP.2opens in a new tab or windowif possible. Updated COVID-19 vaccines will be available from Moderna, Novavax, and Pfizer later this year. ACIP's recommendation will take effect as soon as the new vaccines are available, the CDC said. ...
received their most recent dose. And Sara Oliver, a CDC epidemiologist, noted that the two-month interval is a one-time thing, as the Covid vaccination program attempts to transition to what may end up being annual Covid boosters. “Hopefully the future interval is considerably longer,” she...
The CDC director signed off on the broad use of updated COVID-19 vaccines approved by the government as the US prepares to start a vaccination campaign.
As a summer wave of COVID infections rolls across the country, U.S. health officials have recommended that all Americans over the age of 6 months get one of the updated COVID vaccines when they become available this fall.