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Vaccination card, the one that is given to you after you get your first and second vaccines so the pharmacist or whoever is giving the vaccine can check to see what vaccine you received. but you do not necessarily have to go back to the original site where you received your primary immunizations. >> and then on this issue of mixing and matching, jackie asks, can i get the pfizer booster if i had the moderna vaccine? can she? >> yeah, another excellent question that the fda and both the acip are ...

New data on COVID vaccination in MS patients has shown a reduced humoral response in patients treated with certain medications -- including ocrelizumab, rituximab, and fingolimod -- but not others.

New research shows that there were few safety issues when mixing and matching vaccines for booster doses, and the immune responses appear to be more potent in cases where vaccines are mixed.

An FDA advisory panel will discuss J&Js evidence supporting boosters and some other research on mixing and matching different vaccines for boosters.

The World Health Organization on Monday recommended that immunocompromised people be given an additional dose of COVID-19 vaccine.

Moderna is requesting that the FDA authorize a booster for its COVID vaccine regimen at half its original dose.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana's problem of wasted COVID-19 vaccine shots continues to balloon, with about 224,000 doses thrown out across the state as health providers can't find enough residents willing to roll up their sleeves.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana's problem of wasted COVID-19 vaccine shots continues to balloon, with about 224,000 doses thrown out across the state as health providers can't find enough residents willing to roll up their sleeves.

Fact new variants can develop and the more spread there is of covid the more likely those variants will surface. but heres interestingly what weve already seen. is over the past 18, 19 months with all the variants that weve had, delta, alpha and others, the vaccines have actually been remarkably effective at preventing the worst outcomes, hospitalization, severe disease and death. with all of these variants. which has been actually very useful to us. now, could that change in the future? its alw...

Emergency use authorization for its vaccine for kids age 5 to 11. do you think the vaccine will become one of the immunizations needed for school next year? should it be required along with measles and mumps and rubella? >> i think theres certainly a case that a number of states have already made, youve heard california, you know, indicate that it will support vaccine requirements for kids when the vaccine becomes available. and i think youre going to see more states move in this direction. vacc...