Certain Americans at high risk from COVID-19 can get an extra vaccine booster this spring
A nurse administers a Moderna COVID-19 booster vaccine at an inoculation station next to Jackson State University in Jackson, Miss., Friday, Nov. 18, 2022. U.S. regulators on Tuesday, April 18, 2023, 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.WASHINGTON — — U.S.
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 Pfizer and Moderna boosters contain protection against both the original coronavirus strain and omicron versions known as BA.4 and BA.5. While newer omicron cousins now are circulating, recent studies show the bivalent shots still are effective.
But at least 250 people in the U.S. a day still die from COVID-19, many of them elderly or frail, and protection can wane. Still, only 42% of Americans 65 and older — and just 20% of all adults — got their first bivalent vaccine when they rolled out last fall, according to CDC data.
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