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Protective Antibodies Fade After COVID-19 Vaccination- Should You Get A Booster Shot?
COVID-19 vaccine protection fades within months due to a lack of long-lived plasma cells. Booster shots restore some immunity, but protection declines again, highlighting the need for updated vaccines ...
FDA plans to limit COVID shots to those over 65 or with high-risk conditions
Previously, updated COVID vaccines had been recommended annually by the CDC for everyone over the age of 6 months. The CDC has historically set vaccine recommendations, while the FDA determines which ...
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What’s Going On With Trump and RFK Jr.’s New COVID-Vaccine Policies?
It scares me to think of what’s ahead,” said Michael Osterholm, director of the University of Minnesota’s Center for ...
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Six Questions About Covid-19 Vaccines, Answered
Recent vaccination announcements have led to some confusion. Four physicians weigh in on who should get vaccinated and when ...
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The New Covid-19 Jab Policy Wasn’t Up for Debate at the FDA’s Vaccine Meeting. Major Questions Remain.
1, the same virus family that last year’s booster targeted. The FDA said late Thursday that that new Covid-19 shots should target JN.1, and if possible a strain within that family called LP.8.1 ...
Confused about the COVID-19 booster? Here's what children, pregnant women in Kentucky need to know
The CDC's recommendation for the COVID-19 vaccine is changing for pregnant women and children. Here's what Kentucky experts ...
Why a Covid-19 vaccine could soon cost as much as $150—even if you're insured
Now that Covid vaccines are no longer recommended for healthy children and pregnant people, boosters could be a lot more ...
Don't put restrictions on who can get the COVID vaccine
Limiting access stops healthy adults and children living with elderly or immunocompromised family members from choosing to do ...
State health officials urge kids, pregnant women to get COVID-19 vaccine despite federal pullback
Wisconsin health officials say RFK Jr.'s recent pullback of COVID-19 vaccine advice for kids and pregnant women isn’t based ...
Trump Administration Issues Major COVID Vaccine Update
Trump admin's new FDA update limits annual COVID shots to high-risk groups, ending routine access for healthy kids and adults ...
What’s going on with measles, bird flu, and COVID? Here’s a guide to the latest.
Proxy fight: Representative Stephen Lynch of Massachusetts is running to become the top Democrat on an important House ...
FDA panel debates COVID vaccine recipe as questions swirl about fall shots
Government advisers are meeting Thursday to decide if COVID-19 vaccines need updating to improve protection this fall and ...