Advisers to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Thursday will consider evidence suggesting that a booster dose of COVID-19 vaccines could increase protection among people with compromised immune systems.
- were about the same as those experienced with the first two doses, the CDC said in its presentation.
A healthcare worker administers a shot of the Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine to a woman at a pop-up vaccination site operated by SOMOS Community Care during the coronavirus disease pandemic in Manhattan in New York City, New York, U.S., January 29, 2021. REUTERS/Mike Segar An estimated 2.7% of U.S. adults live with weakened immune systems, according to the CDC presentation, based on data from 2013. The group includes people living with HIV/AIDS, cancer and people with organ transplants or autoimmune diseases who take drugs to dampen their immune response.
The virus not only poses an extra health risk to these people but because it takes longer for them to clear the virus, scientists believe infections could result in new variants as the pathogen continues to replicate unchecked, which some studies have shown. Reporting by Julie Steenhuysen; Additional reporting by Michael Erman in New Jersey; Editing by Peter Henderson, Will Dunham and Dan GreblerSubscribe for our daily curated newsletter to receive the latest exclusive Reuters coverage delivered to your inbox.
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