booster

After questions on the coverage of future COVID-19 vaccines have been widely circulating, the FDA announced that people 65+ and/or immunocompromised will be eligible for a free additional COVID booster this year. The decision to target these populations is evidenced based, as most recent deaths…

Like the annual flu shot, the FDA is suggesting that people get a COVID booster each fall. It was also mentioned that it might just be bivalent doses offered in this manner. Many scientists and doctors are hoping that the FDA will provide more data to back up their proposal in a meeting later this…

New studies show that the new bivalent booster shot helps protect against the BA.4 and BA.5 variants of Omicron. These results are promising as starting in September, 2022, most boosters given were this newer version. The data from Moderna comes from antibody production rather than efficacy tests.…

As of the middle of October, only about 15 million Americans have received the new bivalent COVID booster. This number is resultant of the fact that a Kaiser survey found that 50% of adults know little to nothing about the new booster. Other explanations for the minimal uptake are vaccine fatigue…