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Not Enough Data to Support Multiple Annual COVID Boosters, CDC Advisers Say

(Reuters) – There is not sufficient evidence to recommend more than one COVID-19 booster shot a year for older people and those with weakened immune systems, an expert advisory group to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) said on Friday. The COVID-19 working group of the CDC’s […]

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The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ Interim Recommendations for Additional Primary and Booster Doses of COVID-19 Vaccines — United States, 2021

Summary What is already known about this topic? In the United States, three COVID-19 vaccines are approved or authorized for primary vaccination against COVID-19. What is added by this report? The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices issued recommendations for an additional primary mRNA COVID-19 vaccine dose for immunocompromised persons and […]

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Role of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices in CDC’s Vaccine Recommendations

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) sets the U.S. adult and childhood immunization schedules based on recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). Before recommending any vaccine, ACIP considers many factors, including the safety and effectiveness of the vaccine. Candidates for ACIP membership are screened carefully […]

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Role of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices in CDC’s Vaccine Recommendations

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) sets the U.S. adult and childhood immunization schedules based on recommendations from the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP). Before recommending any vaccine, ACIP considers many factors, including the safety and effectiveness of the vaccine. Candidates for ACIP membership are screened carefully […]

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