Health authorities have recommended that most Americans receive an updated COVID-19 vaccine. CDC advisors have endorsed the new shots for people six months and older.
Most Americans should get an updated COVID-19 vaccine, health officials said Tuesday.
Still, experts worry that immunity from previous vaccinations and infections is fading in many people, and a new shot would save many lives. The CDC decides how best to use vaccines and makes recommendations for U.S. doctors and the general public. The agency's panel of outside exerts recommendedby a vote of 13-1. The no vote came from a panel member who had argued that the new shots should initially be recommended only for older people and others at greatest risk of severe illness. But other panel members said all ages could — and should — benefit.
On Tuesday, a Pfizer official said his company expected to have doses available at some U.S. locations as early as Wednesday.a new recipe for this fall. The updated shots have a single target, an omicron descendant named XBB.1.5. It’s a big change. The COVID-19 vaccines offered since last year are combination shots targeting the original coronavirus strain and a much earlier omicron version, making them very outdated.
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