Sep 23 CDC advisers try to work out the details on booster shots By Lauran Neergaard, Mike Stobbe, Associated Press Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are set to vote Thursday on how many of the roughly 26 million Americans who had their last Pfizer dose at least six months ago should go ahead and get that… Continue reading
Sep 22 FDA backs Pfizer COVID-19 boosters for seniors, high-risk By Matthew Perrone, Lauran Neergaard, Mike Stobbe, Associated Press The FDA on Wednesday signed off on such shots as a way to shore up protection in those groups. This is not a done deal yet: The CDC has yet to weigh in on who it believes should get boosters… Continue reading
Sep 17 FDA advisory panel backs COVID-19 boosters for older and high risk Americans By Associated Press After overwhelmingly rejecting a plan to give Pfizer booster shots to most Americans, an influential federal advisory panel has approved the extra shots for those who are 65 or older or run a high risk of severe disease. Continue reading
Sep 16 Watch 5:08 News Wrap: New migrant emergency builds along the Texas border with Mexico In our news wrap Thursday, more than 8,000 people have crossed the border at Del Rio, Texas in the past few days as federal agencies rush to provide assistance, storm-battered Louisiana and other areas of the south saw another day… Continue watching
Sep 16 WATCH: FDA panel shows frustration in booster dose debate By Lauran Neergaard, Matthew Perrone, Associated Press, Associated Press An influential federal advisory panel has overwhelmingly rejected a plan to give Pfizer booster shots against COVID-19 to most Americans, but it endorsed the extra shots for those who are 65 or older or run a high risk of severe… Continue reading
Sep 14 WHO aims to get Africa 30 percent of needed doses by February By Associated Press WHO director-general Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus has called the vast disparity in vaccination rates between rich and poor countries a “solvable problem.”… Continue reading
Sep 14 UK recommends COVID-19 booster shots for everyone over 50 By Danica Kirka, Associated Press The U.K. will offer a third dose of COVID-19 vaccine to everyone over 50 and other vulnerable people after an an expert panel said the boosters were needed to protect against waning immunity this winter. Continue reading
Sep 13 FDA experts among group opposing U.S. booster shot plan By Lauran Neergaard, Matthew Perrone, Associated Press An international group of scientists is arguing the average person doesn't need a COVID-19 booster yet — an opinion that highlights the intense scientific divide over the question. Continue reading
Sep 07 COVID-19 boosters are coming, but who will get them and when? By Lauren Neergaard, Associated Press COVID-19 booster shots may be coming for at least some Americans, but there's still important science to be worked out about who really needs them and when. Continue reading
Aug 22 Watch 5:46 COVID-19 boosters shots ‘a tough balance’ for FDA, epidemiologists By PBS NewsHour The Biden Administration announced last week that COVID-19 booster shots will be available by mid-September for those eight months into being fully-vaccinated. But with many Americans still unvaccinated and vaccine access worldwide varying wildly, are booster shots premature? Stat reporter… Continue watching