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But it also finds a fourth dose may not provide enough of those antibodies to protect against the omicron variant. lets bring in cnn senior medical continue eliza-- correspondent elizabeth cohen. >> in israel, several weeks ago they started giving fourth doses to people who were immune compromised, to people who were 60 years of age or older, and also to health care workers. so they decided to see, when we give it to health care workers, what happens, lets take a look at what shiba did, they gav...

Food and drug administration has authorized the pfizer booster for people ages 16 and 17. so 16 and 17-year-olds who got the pfizer vaccine to begin with, six months after their second shot, they would then be eligible to get a booster with pfizer. lets take a look at some numbers. once this goes through, 2.6 million u.s. teens will be eligible for a booster. already 141 million adults are eligible. now, for adults, they can do a mix and matcha approach to boosters, get a different booster shot ...

Fully vaccinated with either pfizer or moderna. right now people under the age of 65 who got pfizer can get a booster, but they have to be in certain categories. for example, they have to have certain medical conditions or work in a risky profession such as be a doctor or nurse. but a source telling cnn that this will change, that anyone who got pfizer or moderna will be able to get a booster starting at age 40 or possibly age 50 as long as theyre at least six months past their second shot. laur...

No fossil fuel producers are beyond a key cliecmate threshold. past 1.5 degree celsius. well see more fires, deadly heat waves and floods like 2021. booster shots for adults 40 and up could be available very soon. just last month, the fda authorized moderna and pfizer boosters for people 65 and older. so why the change so soon? senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen has some answers. >> laura, christine, u.s. health officials will likely be recommending booster shots to people starting a...

Who might be either at occupational or high risk. today the committee discussed a few things, is this only for people who got pfizer? the answer is yes. thats how the fda approved their emergency use authorization. it was a unanimous vote on people over 65. there was a discussion on people aged 50 to 64, clear medical benefits there. a lot of discussion over 18 to 54-year-olds, would they benefit from, those who had medical conditions, would they benefit from this boost? thats also been approved...

Its a bit unfair. >> part of the givings is the cdc panel is the fda is not in a position to recommend you can mix and we have some foreign data that suggests the vaccines can be used interchangeably but not american data. that was part of the cdc, perhaps if both vaccines would have come out in a different place. pfizer got the vaccine in front of the fda sooner. their vaccine got authorized more quickly. im on the board of pfizer. moderna is a bit further behind. that could change the recommen...

Where are you? >> i am honestly on the side of these scientists that wrote in the lancet. listen, are we going to need boosters or a third dose for those of us that got pfizer or moderna at some point? yes, almost certainly. thats the way the vaccines work. are there certain populations that might need boosters now? yes! weve already approved a third dose for people who are immunosuppressed and it does support that folks that are elderly may need a third shot sooner, but for the rest of us, we d...

This point. several weeks ago when the biden administration said there would be a booster rollout starting september 20th, that left many people scratching their heads. you cant have a booster rollout until the fda and the cdc review the data and weigh in. that has not been done. so heres the issue. it is possible that pfizer could have a booster rollout starting the week of september 20th and heres why. theyve submitted their data, they have a date, september 17th to speak to the fdas adviser...

Fdas advisers. so they could have a rollout on september 20th. but not everybody got pfizer. lets look at these numbers. as you can see, among vaccinated people in the u.s., 54% got pfizer, 38% got moderna, and 8% god johnson & johnson. heres the bottom line for people who are vaccinated, theres an excellent chance no matter what vaccine you got that you will be told to get a booster sometime in the coming months. we dont know exactly when, but it is very, very likely that you will be getting a ...

September 20th. now a white house source tells cnn the initial rollout might be limited to pfizer since there isnt enough data yet on moderna or johnson & johnson. however, on wednesday, moderna said it has begun submitting booster data to the fda. cnns senior medical correspondent elizabeth cohen explains what this means and why. >> reporter: several weeks ago when the biden administration announced that there would be a booster rollout starting september 20th for the covid-19 vaccines, that ...