At least 89% of vaccinated American adults will qualify for Covid-19 booster shots
3 years, 1 month ago

At least 89% of vaccinated American adults will qualify for Covid-19 booster shots

CNN  

CNN — If you’re vaccinated against Covid-19 and wondering if you’re eligible for a booster shot, the answer is probably yes. For other eligible people, it’s “based on their individual risks and benefits,” according to the CDC: Pfizer and Moderna recipients who are six months or more past their second shot may receive a booster shot if they are ages 18 to 49 and have an underlying medical condition. “The difference between should and may is a pretty important distinction,” said Dr. Grace Lee, a member of the CDC’s vaccine advisory committee and a pediatrician at the Stanford University School of Medicine. “People of education and wealth and ability are going to find some reason, they’re going to a provider, a pharmacy probably,” that isn’t careful about the rules, Dr. Sarah Long, a pediatrician at Drexel University College of Medicine said at a September 23 meeting of the CDC vaccine advisory committee. “They’ll get their dose without really significant need.” “People are just going to go and get vaccines without any reason, and for lack of a better term, misrepresent their underlying conditions, just to get a booster,” Dr. Jason Goldman, another committee member, said at the same meeting.

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As COVID-19 ticks up in some places, US health officials recommend a fall vaccination campaign
5 months, 3 weeks ago

As COVID-19 ticks up in some places, US health officials recommend a fall vaccination campaign

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — With fresh COVID-19 cases bubbling up in some parts of the country, health officials are setting course for a fall vaccination campaign. What’s more, health officials have reported upticks this month in COVID-19-associated emergency room visits and hospitalizations, and a pronounced increase in positive test results in the southwestern U.S. It’s not clear whether that’s a sign …

'Defences tend to fade over time': US health agency recommends older to get another COVID shot this spring
9 months, 3 weeks ago

'Defences tend to fade over time': US health agency recommends older to get another COVID shot this spring

India TV News  

Washington: Older US adults should roll up their sleeves for another COVID-19 shot, even if they got a booster in the fall, an influential government advisory panel said on Wednesday. The panel voted 11-1 to say Americans 65 and older should get another dose of the updated vaccine that became available in September — if at least four months have …

Older US adults should get another COVID-19 shot, health officials recommend
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Older US adults should get another COVID-19 shot, health officials recommend

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Older U.S. adults should roll up their sleeves for another COVID-19 shot, even if they got a booster in the fall, U.S. health officials said Wednesday. The advisory panel’s decision came after a lengthy discussion about whether to say older people “may” get the shots or if they “should” do so. “I am trying to make it …

Older U.S. adults should get another COVID-19 shot, CDC recommends
9 months, 3 weeks ago

Older U.S. adults should get another COVID-19 shot, CDC recommends

LA Times  

Older U.S. adults should roll up their sleeves for another COVID-19 shot, even if they got a booster in the fall, federal health officials said Wednesday. The advisory panel’s decision came after a lengthy discussion about whether to say older people “may” get the shots or if they “should” do so. “Most people are coming in either wanting the vaccine …

Newest COVID shots are 54% effective in preventing symptoms, CDC finds
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Newest COVID shots are 54% effective in preventing symptoms, CDC finds

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — The latest versions of COVID-19 vaccines were 54% effective at preventing symptomatic infection in adults, according to the first U.S. study to assess how well the shots work. The 54% finding is similar to what’s been reported in other countries, and it’s also about what was reported for an earlier vaccine version, said the Ruth Link-Gelles of …

Covid-19 vaccination rate is ‘lower than we’d like to see,’ CDC says
1 year, 1 month ago

Covid-19 vaccination rate is ‘lower than we’d like to see,’ CDC says

CNN  

CNN — Respiratory virus season is ramping up across the United States, and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is warning that low vaccination rates are leaving many at risk. There are a number of reasons why it’s important for people to get the latest Covid-19 vaccine, CDC Director Dr. Mandy Cohen told CNN. “COVID-19 vaccines don’t prevent …

2% of kids and 7% of adults have gotten the new COVID shots, US data show
1 year, 1 month ago

2% of kids and 7% of adults have gotten the new COVID shots, US data show

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — A month after federal officials recommended new versions of COVID-19 vaccines, 7% of U.S. adults and 2% of children have gotten a shot. One expert called the rates “abysmal.” The numbers, presented Thursday at a meeting held by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, come from a national survey of thousands of Americans, conducted two weeks …

COVID-19: US CDC recommends updated boosters for Americans, President Joe Biden calls it important milestone
1 year, 3 months ago

COVID-19: US CDC recommends updated boosters for Americans, President Joe Biden calls it important milestone

India TV News  

US COVID updated boosters: The US health agency Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday authorised, approved, and recommended everyone six months and older get an updated COVID-19 booster. According to an official White House release, Biden said, "Since entering office, my Administration has made historic progress in our ability to manage COVID-19 so that it no longer meaningfully …

What To Know About New COVID Boosters And Who Is Eligible
1 year, 3 months ago

What To Know About New COVID Boosters And Who Is Eligible

Huff Post  

aire images via Getty Images “The vaccines are our single best method to protect ourselves from COVID, to protect our friends, family, loved ones, classmates, co-workers, etcetera, from COVID,” said Dr. S. Wesley Long. the way to think about these new COVID vaccines is it’s really like the annual flu shot,” Long said. “The recommendation from CDC’s advisory committee will …

New COVID-19 vaccinations are coming, CDC says. The shots will likely be available this week
1 year, 3 months ago

New COVID-19 vaccinations are coming, CDC says. The shots will likely be available this week

LA Times  

Allan Fernandez, 7, middle, is vaccinated by Dr. David Bolour, left, as CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky looks on in Ted Watkins Memorial Park last year. “Although hospitalization rates are currently low in some age groups, we have seen rates increase in recent weeks, and anticipate further increases as we enter respiratory virus season.” CDC Director Dr. Mandy Cohen on …

Should you get the new COVID booster? The CDC is about to decide
1 year, 3 months ago

Should you get the new COVID booster? The CDC is about to decide

LA Times  

A nurse prepares a syringe of a COVID-19 vaccine. The CDC’s vaccine advisors will soon decide whether to recommend the latest COVID-19 boosters only for frail, older, sick and immunocompromised people or to offer it to everyone over 6 months of age. “I don’t plan to get it myself,” said Dr. Paul Offit, the director of the Vaccine Education Center …

New Covid booster shots to be approved in just TWO DAYS, sources suggest - but only 17% of Americans got the last one
1 year, 3 months ago

New Covid booster shots to be approved in just TWO DAYS, sources suggest - but only 17% of Americans got the last one

Daily Mail  

Updated Covid booster shots designed to target new variants could be approved in just two days time, reports suggest — and be available to Americans from next week. A member of the FDA's vaccine advisory committee, Dr Paul Offit, said last year that healthy young people do not need an updated booster vaccine. The head of Moderna, Stephane Bancel, also …

Australian Technical Advisory Group recommends COVID-19 booster for those over 75
1 year, 3 months ago

Australian Technical Advisory Group recommends COVID-19 booster for those over 75

Daily Mail  

Minister Mark Butler urged Aussies to stay up to date on boosters ATAGI released recommendations for those over 75 to get jabbed The federal government's immunisation advisory body says the most vulnerable Australians should arrange to get yet another Covid-19 vaccination booster. The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation on Friday released fresh recommendations saying all adults over the age …

Health council urges Covid booster for over 60s, care workers
1 year, 5 months ago

Health council urges Covid booster for over 60s, care workers

Dutch News  

The Dutch health council has said that the over 60s, pregnant women, and people with a medical condition should be offered a booster Covid shot each year. Three years after the Covid outbreak almost the entire Dutch population has built up a degree of immunity because of vaccination, infection, or both, the council said, but older people and people with …

Extra COVID-19 booster now open to some high-risk Americans
1 year, 8 months ago

Extra COVID-19 booster now open to some high-risk Americans

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Older Americans and people with weak immune systems can get an extra COVID-19 booster dose this spring. From now on, anyone getting a Pfizer or Moderna dose — whether it’s a booster or their first-ever vaccination — will get an updated version rather than the outdated original shots. People 65 or older who already had one Pfizer or …

Another COVID-19 booster shot may be coming. But interest is waning
1 year, 8 months ago

Another COVID-19 booster shot may be coming. But interest is waning

LA Times  

As government officials close the book on the emergency phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, health authorities are turning their attention to the next chapter of the vaccination campaign. California End of an era: L.A. County lifts COVID-19 emergency The county public health chief says emergency orders are no longer needed ‘to ensure we have and can use life-saving tools and …

FDA advisers set to consider one-and-done annual covid booster plan
1 year, 10 months ago

FDA advisers set to consider one-and-done annual covid booster plan

Live Mint  

The message has come through loud and clear that Americans have already had enough of frequent Covid shots. The new strategy would require health officials to meet each year to review which strains of the virus should be included in the shots, just as they do with flu, for use in September. “I don’t think that we can chase after …

FDA’s advisors back plan to simplify COVID-19 vaccinations
1 year, 10 months ago

FDA’s advisors back plan to simplify COVID-19 vaccinations

LA Times  

Syringes with COVDI-19 vaccines are prepared at a free public clinic in Lynwood last year. “We’re still protected against severe disease, thank goodness,” even after the latest Omicron strains cropped up, said FDA advisor Dr. Paul Offit, a vaccine expert at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia. The first step: The FDA advisory panel voted unanimously that people should get the same …

First real-world data show Omicron booster kept seniors out of hospitals
1 year, 11 months ago

First real-world data show Omicron booster kept seniors out of hospitals

LA Times  

Vials of Pfizer and BioNTech’s Omicron-targeting COVID-19 vaccine are seen on a production line at a manufacturing facility in Kalamazoo, Mich. In the first real-world test of vaccine boosters specially designed to protect against the Omicron variant, Israeli researchers have found that people 65 and older who got an updated jab were 81% less likely to be hospitalized with COVID-19 …

As COVID-19 spikes in California, booster shots could make all the difference
2 years ago

As COVID-19 spikes in California, booster shots could make all the difference

LA Times  

With coronavirus cases and hospitalizations rising in Los Angeles County, officials are voicing new confidence in the effectiveness of the updated COVID-19 booster shot. New data has found that the updated COVID-19 vaccines offer “significant additional protection” against symptomatic infection in people who were previously vaccinated or boosted with the older formula. “We have seen very low uptake of the …

Vaccinated people now make majority of COVID deaths in US: Report
2 years, 1 month ago

Vaccinated people now make majority of COVID deaths in US: Report

India TV News  

In a startling revelation, a Washington Post analysis has found that more vaccinated people are now dying of the Covid disease and 58 per cent of coronavirus deaths in August in the US "were people who were vaccinated or boosted". The death among vaccinated people is increasing due to the waning efficacy of Covid vaccines and "increasingly contagious strains of …

COVID-19 hospitalizations are rising in infants under 6 months, CDC director says
2 years, 1 month ago

COVID-19 hospitalizations are rising in infants under 6 months, CDC director says

LA Times  

Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said COVID-19 hospitalizations are rising among babies under 6 months old who are too young to be vaccinated. COVID-19 hospitalizations are rising among babies under 6 months old, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is urging mothers to get vaccinated to reduce the risk of infection …

Covid booster shot campaign opens to everyone 12 and up
2 years, 1 month ago

Covid booster shot campaign opens to everyone 12 and up

NL Times  

Everyone aged 12 and older can now make an appointment for a repeat vaccination against the coronavirus, the RIVM and GGD reported. That means that everyone who qualifies for the booster shot can get one at a vaccination location. People aged 12 and older can get the repeat vaccination if it has been at least three months since their previous …

Covid boosters available to everyone in their thirties and older
2 years, 2 months ago

Covid boosters available to everyone in their thirties and older

NL Times  

People who were born in 1992 or earlier can now make an appointment for another Covid-19 booster shot, the RIVM said. It also includes those people who were born in the last week of October, as well as November and December of 1992, and are thus still 29 years of age. Last week the vaccine appointments began to open up …

Last round of people in their 40s summoned for booster jab
2 years, 2 months ago

Last round of people in their 40s summoned for booster jab

NL Times  

All people in their 40s are now allowed to make an appointment for a booster shot against coronavirus, according to the RIVM. People who are younger than 40 can already make an appointment online, because the age limit has been disabled on the appointment site. Umbrella organization GGD GHOR Nederland has called on people to adhere to the vaccination sequence …

Some people manage to get Covid-19 booster shots without meeting qualifications
2 years, 2 months ago

Some people manage to get Covid-19 booster shots without meeting qualifications

NL Times  

People born in 1953 or before are currently eligible to receive another Covid-19 booster shot. But some younger people have found a loophole to jump the line and receive their booster jab as well, according to the NOS. The spokesperson told the NOS that people who do manage to get ahead in line are doing so at the expense of …

New vaccines approved, booster campaign to start in September
2 years, 3 months ago

New vaccines approved, booster campaign to start in September

Dutch News  

The new Pfizer and Moderna booster vaccines have been given approval by the European Medicines Agency for over-12s, and another booster campaign is planned for the second half of September. Although the current vaccines protect against serious sickness, they have become less good at protecting against a coronavirus infection due to mutations in the virus, reports NOS. The EMA expects …

New vaccines approved, booster campaign to start in September
2 years, 3 months ago

New vaccines approved, booster campaign to start in September

Dutch News  

The new Pfizer and Moderna booster vaccines have been given approval by the European Medicines Agency for over-12s, and another booster campaign is planned for the second half of September. Although the current vaccines protect against serious sickness, they have become less good at protecting against a coronavirus infection due to mutations in the virus, reports NOS. The EMA expects …

White House: How about a COVID-19 boost with that flu shot?
2 years, 3 months ago

White House: How about a COVID-19 boost with that flu shot?

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration hopes to make getting a COVID-19 booster as routine as going in for the yearly flu shot. White House COVID-19 coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha said this latest round of shots will offer protection during the busy cold and flu season, with the hope of transitioning people to get the vaccine yearly. “The goal very much …

CDC Advisers Weigh Who Needs Updated COVID Booster And When
2 years, 3 months ago

CDC Advisers Weigh Who Needs Updated COVID Booster And When

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING COVID-19 boosters updated to match the newest omicron strains are about to roll out, and government advisers met Thursday to decide who should roll up their sleeves ― and when. The original COVID-19 vaccines still offer strong protection against severe illness and death, especially among younger and healthier people who’ve gotten at least one booster. The new …

Tweaked COVID boosters close but how much will they help?
2 years, 3 months ago

Tweaked COVID boosters close but how much will they help?

Associated Press  

COVID-19 vaccines tweaked to better match today’s omicron threat are expected to roll out in a few weeks but still up in the air is how much benefit the booster shots will offer, who should get one -- and how soon. Dr. Peter Marks, the FDA’s vaccine chief, said Thursday that once authorized, the tweaked boosters could help right away …

More people are catching coronavirus a second time, heightening long COVID risk, experts say
2 years, 4 months ago

More people are catching coronavirus a second time, heightening long COVID risk, experts say

LA Times  

Emerging evidence suggests that catching the coronavirus a second time can heighten long-term health risks, a worrisome development as the circulation of increasingly contagious Omicron subvariants leads to greater numbers of Californians being reinfected. So we’ve got to stay on that front footing and continue fighting this thing.” As it relates specifically to long COVID — a condition in which …

U.S. rules out summer COVID boosters to focus on fall campaign
2 years, 4 months ago

U.S. rules out summer COVID boosters to focus on fall campaign

LA Times  

U.S. regulators say they are no longer considering authorizing second COVID-19 booster shots for all adults under 50 this summer. U.S. regulators said Friday they are no longer considering authorizing a second COVID-19 booster shot for all adults under 50 this summer, focusing instead on revamped vaccines for the fall that will target the newest coronavirus subvariants. The announcement means …

After Biden’s recovery from COVID-19, his administration launches a new booster push
2 years, 4 months ago

After Biden’s recovery from COVID-19, his administration launches a new booster push

LA Times  

President Biden removes his mask as he arrives to speak in the Rose Garden of the White House on July 27, 2022. President Biden’s administration is launching a renewed push for COVID-19 booster shots for those eligible, pointing to the enhanced protections they offer against severe illness as the highly transmissible BA.5 variant spreads across the country. The initiatives include …

Should you wait for the Omicron booster? Why experts say you should ‘get it now!’
2 years, 4 months ago

Should you wait for the Omicron booster? Why experts say you should ‘get it now!’

LA Times  

Vials of COVID-19 vaccines are ready to be administered. So you may be asking yourself, “Should I get a booster shot now, while cases are surging, or should I wait until the new boosters are ready, probably this fall?” The answer, multiple vaccine experts said emphatically and without hesitation, is that there’s no time like the present. “And even with …

Free booster shots for adults at government hospitals from Friday
2 years, 5 months ago

Free booster shots for adults at government hospitals from Friday

Deccan Chronicle  

NEW DELHI: In a major move to expand the coverage of booster dose for Covid-19, the Central government on Wednesday announced that precautionary jab will now be made available free of cost for all individuals above 18 years of age at all government vaccination centres. The minister said that free booster dose drive is being held for the next 75 …

White House urges caution on COVID variants, pushes boosters
2 years, 5 months ago

White House urges caution on COVID variants, pushes boosters

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — The Biden administration is calling on people to exercise renewed caution about COVID-19, emphasizing the importance of getting booster shots for those who are eligible and wearing masks indoors as two new highly transmissible variants are spreading rapidly across the country. “If you’re over 50 and you haven’t gotten the shot this year, you should go get a …

US health officials urge booster shots as COVID variants spread
2 years, 5 months ago

US health officials urge booster shots as COVID variants spread

Al Jazeera  

The administration of US President Joe Biden pushes vaccines as the best way to avoid potential disruptions from new BA.4 and BA.5 variants. “Staying up to date on your COVID-19 vaccines provides the best protection against severe outcomes.” Walensky said the US has seen a doubling in the number of hospitalisations due to COVID-19 since April, reflecting the spread of …

Australians aged 30 and older are eligible for fourth COVID-19 booster. What do we know about it and when can you get it?
2 years, 5 months ago

Australians aged 30 and older are eligible for fourth COVID-19 booster. What do we know about it and when can you get it?

ABC  

Australians aged 30 and older are now eligible for a fourth dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. While confirming the eligibility expansion, Health Minister Mark Butler announced 7.4 million people can get their fourth dose from July 11. ATAGI specifically recommended the shot for people over 50, while people aged 30 to 49 may choose to have a fourth dose. Under …

Covid vaccine effectiveness falls to 0% a year after first series
2 years, 5 months ago

Covid vaccine effectiveness falls to 0% a year after first series

NL Times  

People who have only received the first and second vaccine shots against Covid-19 are barely protected against a coronavirus infection one year after the injections. By that time, vaccine effectiveness falls to 0 percent, according to the RIVM, the Dutch public health institute. Those who received a booster shot in the interim still receive protection against serious symptoms of the …

Push for COVID-19 boosters as vaccination rate slumps amid winter flu season
2 years, 6 months ago

Push for COVID-19 boosters as vaccination rate slumps amid winter flu season

ABC  

As Western Australia's third COVID-19 vaccine dose rate slumps, experts are urging the community to keep getting boosted. Key points: The end of vaccine mandates is slowing booster uptake The end of vaccine mandates is slowing booster uptake Health experts believe people are less scared of COVID Health experts believe people are less scared of COVID 82 per cent of …

CDC panel recommends US seniors get souped-up flu vaccines
2 years, 6 months ago

CDC panel recommends US seniors get souped-up flu vaccines

Associated Press  

NEW YORK — Americans 65 and older should get newer, souped-up flu vaccines because regular shots don’t provide them enough protection, a federal advisory panel said Wednesday. The panel unanimously recommended certain flu vaccines that might offer more or longer protection for seniors, whose weakened immune systems don’t respond as well to traditional shots. “These influenza vaccines are better but …

Canada to Lift Covid Vaccine Mandate for Domestic Travel from June 20
2 years, 6 months ago

Canada to Lift Covid Vaccine Mandate for Domestic Travel from June 20

News 18  

Canada’s Covid-19 vaccination requirement for domestic travellers will be suspended starting next week, officials said Tuesday. “I’m pleased to announce that on June 20 our government will suspend the requirement to be vaccinated in order to board a plane or train in Canada,” transport minister Omar Alghabra told a news conference. The mandatory vaccine policy for travellers was rolled out …

US panel recommends COVID booster jab for children aged 5 to 11
2 years, 7 months ago

US panel recommends COVID booster jab for children aged 5 to 11

Al Jazeera  

Just more than 29 percent of US children in the age group have received two doses of Pfizer-BioNTech’s vaccine to date. An advisory panel to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has voted to recommend COVID-19 vaccine booster jabs for children aged five to 11, at least five months after completing their primary vaccination course. According to CDC …

WHO Says Second Booster Jab Beneficial For Vulnerable Population
2 years, 7 months ago

WHO Says Second Booster Jab Beneficial For Vulnerable Population

News 18  

An expert group convened by the World Health Organization says there may be some benefit in giving a second booster dose of coronavirus vaccine to the most vulnerable people amid the continuing global spread of omicron and its subvariants. The WHO said its expert group had assessed the limited data from seven studies for second booster doses of messenger RNA …

US drug regulator clears COVID booster shot for healthy kids aged 5-11
2 years, 7 months ago

US drug regulator clears COVID booster shot for healthy kids aged 5-11

Firstpost  

Pfizer’s shot is the only COVID-19 vaccine available for children of any age in the US. Those ages 5 to 11 receive one-third of the dose given to everyone 12 and older U.S. regulators on Tuesday authorized a COVID-19 booster shot for healthy 5- to 11-year-olds, hoping an extra vaccine dose will enhance their protection as infections once again creep …

COVID-19 booster dose may not alter disease severity trend: study
2 years, 7 months ago

COVID-19 booster dose may not alter disease severity trend: study

The Hindu  

A cross-sectional survey of nearly 6,000 people across age groups including those over 80 years of age carried out through email and social media platforms between February 15 and March 10, 2022 in the midst of the third wave in India that lasted from late December 2021 and lasted till March 2022 has thrown up some interesting findings. The increased …

Editorial: Confused about the second COVID booster? So are some of the experts
2 years, 8 months ago

Editorial: Confused about the second COVID booster? So are some of the experts

LA Times  

A vaccine expert says the government has made the fourth COVID-19 dose available to large swaths of the population who don’t need it. Other prominent vaccine experts have been raising questions too, including Phil Krause, a former deputy director of the FDA Office of Vaccines Research and Review, and Luciana Borio, formerly the agency’s acting chief scientist, who co-wrote an …

Booster doses for all adults: Cost, eligibility, registration & other details
2 years, 8 months ago

Booster doses for all adults: Cost, eligibility, registration & other details

Deccan Chronicle  

The Centre on Saturday told the states that the precaution dose will be of the same COVID-19 vaccine as the one used for the administration of the first two doses and that private vaccination centres can charge up to a maximum of Rs 150 per dose as service charge over and above the cost of the vaccine. Vaccine majors Serum …

Precautionary doses of COVID-19 vaccine to be available for all adults from 10 April, says Centre
2 years, 8 months ago

Precautionary doses of COVID-19 vaccine to be available for all adults from 10 April, says Centre

Firstpost  

The vaccination will begin on 10 April at private centres. On-going free vaccination programme through government vaccination centres for first and second dose as well as precaution dose to healthcare workers, frontline workers and 60+ population would continue and would be accelerated, the Centre said. About 96 percent of all 15+ population in the country have received at least one …

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