BREAKING: FDA authorizes Pfizer and Moderna's Covid-19 boosters for all adults, a move that will make boosters available to everyone ages 18 and up.
“The FDA has determined that the currently available data support expanding the eligibility of a single booster dose of the Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccines to individuals 18 years of age and older,” Dr. Peter Marks, director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, said in a statement Friday.
“This isn’t a matter of antibody response or safety,” he said. “The FDA can make that decision on its own.” The second dose of an mRNA vaccine, from both Pfizer and Moderna, has been linked to a small but increased risk of myocarditis, or heart inflammation, particularly in young men. chose not to wait for the FDA or the CDC to act, instead opting to allow boosters for all adults in the past week.has yet to receive a single dose of the vaccine.
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