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A Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study suggested that immunocompromised people may get “significantly less” protection from the two mRNA COVID-19 vaccines, supporting the push for additional doses

Dont mind, why you wanted to get your daughter in today. you were one of the first in line. what was the set-up process like? how is your daughter doing? >> shes doing great. shes back at school. her doctor gave us a call about a week ago while we were waiting to have the cdc approving the childrens vaccination. they asked me if she wanted to be the first one to get a vaccine at the hospital. and then we were so glad to hear because actually we expressed she can be part of the studies when they ...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently announced that individuals who are moderately or severely immunocompromised may need to get a fourth COVID-19 vaccine injection at [...]

A 4th COVID-19 vaccine dose for people with weaker immune systems has been approved by US for Disease Control and Prevention.

Immunocompromised people who are fully vaccinated make up a large proportion of breakthrough cases needing hospitalization, the CDC says.

Currently, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized booster shots of all three available vaccines for certain people, which include the elderly and those who are immunocompromised.

Forward. cdc will certainly approve it and the cdc director will sign off on that on tuesday night. >> when it comes to vaccinating kids 5 to 11, which is obviously important, how much of it is about protecting these kids, 5 to 11, versus how much is it about slowing the spread so that other individuals who are immunocompromised who might be 12 or 30 or 100 protecting them? >> its both. so while kids, thankfully, dont die in large numbers, although weve lost over 700 children to this illness, ki...

Provided by the mayor. >> neil: i have a break-through case. i tested positive for covid. i have extenuating circumstances. so im told that immunocompromised individuals make up half of these break-through cases. yet i heard from a lot of people saying proof this is the vaccine is a joke. its failing people. how do you answer that? i said no, it isnt. i just gave you that data. no, people just will not hear it. >> you know, thats a fallacy. i think that that is absolutely not true. the reason th...

>> this is abc 7 news. >> 53 point 3 million doses of vaccine that has been administered, no one comes close. >> now there is more chance or more possibility that i could get the vaccine sooner than those holidays. >> closing in on vaccines for kids, as the governor encourages adults to get their boosters. thank you for joining us. >> youre watching abc 7 news at 4:00 live on abc seven, hulu live >>, and wherever you stream. >>although the daily death rate is falling, more than 1100 americans ar...

>> hi lawrence, thanks for having me tonight. yes he requested a meeting, because the senate has to confirm his position. he is not confirmed as of yet. so we asked for a meeting, i have a please wear a mask sign on the outside of my office. i was wearing a mask, my aid was. he came in with two aides. i asked him to put on a, mask any would not do so. and unfortunately, this dialogue went on for quite some time. it became kind of a debate or negotiation. where he kept trying to deflect and offer...