What can the US do to increase updated COVID booster rates?
Morsa Images/Getty Images(NEW YORK) -- Since the updated bivalent COVID-19 booster was rolled out at the beginning of September, only 19.4 million Americans have received it as of Oct. 19, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The booster is designed to protect against the omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5, the latter of which still makes up most virus cases in the United States. Initially rolled out to those aged 12 and older for the Pfizer booster and those aged 18 and older for the Moderna booster, eligibility was expanded to ages 5 and older for Pfizer and ...