“The most important thing we need to do is get more people vaccinated,” Biden said before getting the booster, adding that he did not have side effects after his first or second shots.
Lexington Medical Center is administering booster shots of the COVID-19 vaccine at its vaccination clinic at Brookland Baptist Church.
The advisory panel to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended the extra doses for people 65 and older, nursing home residents, and people who are 50 to 64 with underlying medical conditions. It also said boosters can be offered to people 18 to 49 with underlying conditions.
With booster doses of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine now authorized in the U.S., government advisers reconvened on Thursday to tackle the most contentious question yet: Exactly who should roll up their sleeves right away?
An influential panel of advisers to the Centers for the Disease Control and Prevention convened on Wednesday to debate which Americans should get COVID-19 booster shots and when — a question that has proved more contentious than the Biden administration apparently expected.
Johnson & Johnson said Tuesday that a booster of its one-shot coronavirus vaccine provides a stronger immune response months after people receive a first dose.
As the push to ramp up vaccinations continues, the FDA is assessing additional COVID-19 vaccine approvals for kids younger than 12 and booster shots. A source says there’s been some frustration inside the agency about the White House stepping into the FDA’s lane and getting ahead of where the science is by setting booster goals.
The head of the World Health Organization on Monday called for a two-month moratorium on administering booster shots of COVID-19 vaccines as a means of reducing global vaccine inequality and preventing the emergence of new coronavirus variants.
White House officials have also announced a plan to offer a booster shots to fully vaccinated Americans who got the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine. They are citing new evidence of waning vaccine protection over time, but where does that leave the Johnson & Johnson vaccine when it comes to boosters?
(CNN) — A third round of shots is what White House officials say they plan to offer to fully vaccinated Americans who got the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine. So, where does that leave individuals who received the Johnson and Johnson vaccine when it comes to booster shots? Mandy Gaither explains why one doctor says it may take a while…
