The CDC backed a second dose of the updated COVID-19 booster for older adults and people with weakened immune systems.
a second dose of the updated COVID-19 booster for older adults and people with weakened immune systems.the additional dose on April 18.
Those 65 and older can get a second dose of the updated versions of Pfizer-BioNTech’s and Moderna’s COVID booster at least four months after their last dose, the FDA said in a statement. Most people who are immunocompromised can get an additional dose at least two months after their last dose, according to the agency.
The move by the CDC came hours after the agency’s advisory panel, called the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices,Following the FDA’s decision, the CDC also recommended using the bivalent formula in all COVID vaccines moving forward and is doing away with the multidose primary series for people who have not yet been vaccinated.
That means people who haven’t been vaccinated yet would need to get only a single dose of the updated vaccine for the primary series.to target the BA.4 and BA.5 omicron subvariants, in addition to the original strain of the virus.As of Saturday, roughly 78% of new U.S. COVID cases are caused by the omicron subvariant XBB.1.5, according toDr.
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