DAVIS: Late today, you officially signed off on these booster shots. The shots come as we're, of course, seeing an uptick in COVID cases. How soon will the new shot be available? COHEN: Well, today, the CDC recommended that everyone should get an updated COVID vaccine, and within the...
The FDA has authorized new booster shots from Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech that target the initial coronavirus strain as well as the current Omicron subvariants. CBS News reporter Alex Tin joins "Red and Blue" with details on how these shots are different and when they should be rolling out....
"And what we know from the (flu) vaccine as well as from these COVID vaccines is that you may get infected, but your symptoms are likely to be a lot less severe. You're much less likely to need to go to the hospital if you got your updated booster." MORE: New poll shows why...
In Germany, booster shots have been targeted to these groups, while the British government's vaccine committee said only adults 65 and older and some other categories will be offered the shot as they are the most likely to benefit. U.S. CDC panel members said simply recommending the vac...
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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.
Slow Updated Booster Shot Uptake Deepens Worry Over Future U.S. COVID-19 SurgeSmith-Schoenwalder, CeceliaU.S. News & World Report; Washington
NSW Health said 94.9 per cent of the 16-plus population has received their first dose, and 93.4 per cent has had two doses of vaccine. NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet continues to resist calls to reinstate masks or any other form of public health restrictions. He said it was now ...
In a statement on Monday, the Medicines and Healthcare Regulatory Agency said it had given the green light to Moderna’s combination “bivalent” vaccine, which will be used as an adult booster shot. Each dose of the booster shot will target both the original COVID-19 virus that was firs...
Kids as young as 5 can soon get updated COVID-19 booster shots. The tweaked boosters rolled out last month for Americans 12 and older — shots designed to target the currently spreading omicron variants.