The policy will only apply to a narrow slice of adults with immune-weakening conditions who may not have gotten adequate protection from the initial two-dose Pfizer or Moderna regimen as a result.
The Food and Drug Administration on Thursday will authorize third doses of Pfizer and Moderna's Covid-19 vaccines for people with weakened immune systems, in a bid to bolster their protection against infection as the highly contagious Delta variant circulates.
The CDC's vaccine advisory panel will meet Friday to examine the latest data on extra doses for people with weakened immune systems. The committee is expected to vote to formally recommend the practice — an important endorsement of the FDA's expected decision, but not one that is required before extra doses can be administered.
"We've been concerned about these [immunocompromised] individuals," Surgeon-General Vivek Murthy said Wednesday afternoon on CNN. "The FDA has been working hard to basically do the evaluation around safety, make sure that we have everything we need to make these additional doses available to people.
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