FDA proposes simplifying the Covid vaccine schedule, making it similar to the flu shot
are required to complete a primary vaccination series — at least two doses of either the Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna or Novavax vaccines or a single dose of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine— before they can get a booster dose two months later.
The FDA’s proposal, experts say, would greatly simplify the Covid vaccination schedule in the U.S. — aligning it more closely with theIn another similarity to the flu shot, the FDA is considering whether the Covid vaccine should be updated at least once a year, based on what strains are in circulation.
Dr. Anna Durbin, a vaccine researcher at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore, said simplifying the Covid vaccine schedule makes sense.
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