It scares me to think of what’s ahead,” said Michael Osterholm, director of the University of Minnesota’s Center for ...

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 ...

Limiting access stops healthy adults and children living with elderly or immunocompromised family members from choosing to do ...

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 ...

Government advisers are meeting Thursday to decide if COVID-19 vaccines need updating to improve protection this fall and ...

A new framework for Covid-19 vaccines announced by Food and ... the need for more data supporting the ongoing use of annual booster shots, it also referred to a lack of evidence for children ...

WASHINGTON — Government advisers are meeting Thursday to decide if COVID-19 ... in getting a shot. CDC staffers presented real-world data Thursday showing that getting a booster last fall ...

Federal health officials will no longer routinely approve annual COVID-19 shots for younger adults and children who are healthy.

AS YOU KNOW, VACCINES ... COVID. SO, YOU KNOW, WE’VE TALKED ABOUT THAT AT NAUSEUM FOR THE LAST, WHAT, FIVE YEARS. PROTECTION WANES OVER TIME. OBVIOUSLY, LAST YEAR, THE CDC RECOMMENDED A SPRING ...

COVID-19 shots for healthy younger adults and children will no longer be routinely approved under a major new vaccine policy shift unveiled Tuesday.

The upcoming changes raise questions about people who may still want a fall COVID-19 shot but don't clearly fall into one of the categories.