U.S. to advise COVID booster for most people 8 months after vaccination: report
The Biden administration is set to announce that most vaccinated Americans should get a COVID-19 booster shot eight months after being fully vaccinated, the New York Times reported Monday night.
The Associated Press later confirmed the report, adding that the boosters would be administered only after the Food and Drug Administration formally approves the vaccines, a move expected in the coming weeks. That a booster will be needed is not a big surprise. Health-care experts have long maintained that COVID-19 booster shots would be necessary at some point. On Sunday, Dr. Francis Collins, the director of the National Institutes of Health, said boosters would likely be needed sooner rather than later.
Earlier Monday, Pfizer and BioNTech submitted initial data to the FDA to support authorization for a third dose of their vaccine. The companies said studies show antibody responses from people who received three shots were stronger than those who had received two, including against the delta variant.
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