CDC vaccine advisers vote 13-1 to recommend updated Covid-19 boosters

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Thu, 2022-09-01 18:54 — mike kraft

CDC vaccine advisers vote to recommend updated Covid-19 boosters The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's independent vaccine advisers voted 13-1 Thursday to recommend updated Covid-19 vaccine boosters from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna. Brenda Goodman, CNN CNN

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CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky will need to decide whether to sign off on the committee's recommendation before the shots can be administered.

An OK from the CDC would mean updated boosters could be administered within days -- both to older people who may have received a booster just a few months ago and to younger people who haven't been eligible for an additional booster during the Omicron wave.

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