The FDA's decision comes at a time when the U.S. is hit by a new wave of infections fueled by the more infectious delta variant.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday night approved a booster dose of the Covid-19 vaccines made by Pfizer and Moderna for people with compromised immune systems, in a move that will likely enhance protection for vulnerable individuals at a time when the more infectious delta variant continues to spread all over the country....
The FDA’s move comes after few other countries including Israel, France and Germany began administering an additional dose to certain people amid the threat of the more infectious delta variant of the virus.
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