Moderna announced that it has submitted its COVID-19 vaccine booster for authorization for all adults.
Right now, additional shots of the Pfizer vaccine are only approved for those who are 65 and older, face high risks due to underlying health conditions or live and work in high-risk environments.
Even if federal regulators don’t decide on Moderna’s request this week, the FDA and CDC are expected to allow all adults to get an extra shot of the Pfizer booster, the newspaper reported. The Biden administration has pushed for broad access to boosters since September. On Wednesday, Anthony Fauci, MD, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, advocated for boosters to protect against illness, not just hospitalization and death.
“I don’t know of any other vaccine that we only worry about keeping people out of the hospitals,” he said“I think an important thing is to prevent people from getting symptomatic disease,” he said, including long-term consequences.latest CDC dataA growing number of states and cities have decided to offer booster shots to all adults ahead of the federal decision, according to the. As of Wednesday, Kansas, Kentucky, Maine and Vermont were the latest states to join the list.
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