covid-19 booster shots

The center’s director, Dr. Rochelle Walensky, adopted a panel’s recommendation Thursday.

The FDA and CDC announced Tuesday that both agencies had expanded eligibility for a second booster shot of the Pfizer or Moderna coronavirus vaccines for all adults over the age of 50.

With rising numbers of COVID-19 cases predicted this winter, President Joe Biden is appealing for Americans to get their boosters and get behind his plan to tackle the new omicron variant through wider availability of vaccines and shots.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention broadened its recommendation for COVID-19 booster shots to include all adults because of the new omicron variant. The agency had previously approved boosters for all adults, but only recommended them for those 50 years and older or living in long-term care settings.

Sandra Lindsay, a New York City nurse who was the first person in the U.S. to receive a COVID-19 vaccine, got her booster shot today.

The FDA granted emergency use for a booster shot of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine to certain groups Wednesday.

Some of the nation’s top medical advisers have delivered a stinging rebuke of Biden’s broad booster idea, in essence telling the White House “not so fast.”