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COVID-19 Boosters for Americans Are On the Way
Federal health officials are expected to sanction COVID-19 boosters for most Americans this week — a decision that’s become well-supported by the science. While the original shots still provide plenty of protection, booster doses are clearly restoring or even surpassing the high levels of effectiveness seen against infection and transmission that the best vaccines provided…
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FDA Advisory Panel Unanimously Backs a Half-Dose Moderna Booster for Covid-19
On Thursday afternoon, experts assembled by the Food and Drug Administration recommended boosters for older and high-risk Americans who originally got the Moderna covid-19 vaccine. The unanimous vote will pave the way for an expected authorization of the booster by the FDA and Centres for Disease Control and Prevention. Unlike the recently sanctioned booster for…
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The Covid-19 Booster Plan Is Looking Really Messy
The possibility of covid-19 booster shots for all is looking less and less likely to happen in the U.S., at least for the time being. Scientists in the U.S. and elsewhere have argued that the general public does not need boosters currently, given the continued protection that vaccines appear to provide against illness, hospitalisation, and…
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U.S. to Encourage Covid-19 Booster Shots for All: Report
The U.S. government looks set to tell most everyone to get a booster shot against covid-19 sooner rather than later. Late Monday, the New York Times reported that officials will issue a blanket recommendation as early as this week for people who received either the Pfizer/BioNTech or Moderna vaccine to get a third dose of…