The FDA cleared a new bivalent booster for older adults and immunocompromised people. Here are the details:
A nurse administers a Moderna COVID-19 booster vaccine at an inoculation station next to Jackson State University in Jackson, Miss. on Nov. 18, 2022.WASHINGTON — U.S. regulators on Tuesday cleared another COVID-19 booster dose for older adults and people with weak immune systems so they can shore up protection this spring — while taking steps to make coronavirus vaccinations simpler for everyone else.
Anyone who’s gotten their original vaccinations but hasn’t yet had an Omicron-targeted booster can still get one—but the agency will decide over the summer if younger, healthy people will eventually be offered a second bivalent booster. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must sign off on the newest round of boosters. Its advisers are set to meet on Wednesday.
COVID-19 vaccines have saved millions of lives. And while protection against mild infections is short-lived, booster doses continue to do a good job fighting severe disease and death even as more contagious variants have popped up. “We do have vaccines that are available to protect against these severe consequences, so why not use them?” he said. “They don’t do any good just sitting on a shelf. So let’s give them to individuals who are at the highest risk who can benefit the most.”
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