Older Adults Should Get COVID Booster Shot This Spring, CDC Says
The current booster dose is meant for older adults at least four months after a previous dose, or at least three months after a COVID-19 infection.
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The current booster dose is meant for older adults at least four months after a previous dose, or at least three months after a COVID-19 infection.
The new recommendation states people 65 years and above can receive an additional dose of any updated Covid-19 vaccine 'at least four months after the previous shot'. The protection offered by any vaccine disappears quickly in senior citizens. TheHealthSite.com
Health officials are recommending at the advice of independent advisers that adults ages 65 and older get another dose of the COVID-19 vaccine this spring.
Americans ages 65 and older should receive an additional dose of the latest COVID vaccine this spring, the CDC said Wednesday.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices voted in favor to recommend that individuals aged 65 and older should receive an additional dose...