New vaccines to be available by end of week.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended new COVID-19 vaccines Tuesday by Pfizer and Moderna tailored to a recent variant of the virus for everyone 6 months and older.
The recommendation followed a 13-1 vote Tuesday of CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices and the Food and Drug Administration’s approval Monday of the new vaccine formula, based off of a recently circulating version of the omicron virus variant known as XBB.1.5, to replace earlier vaccines and boosters.
“We have more tools than ever to prevent the worst outcomes from COVID-19,” said CDC Director Mandy Cohen. “CDC is now recommending updated COVID-19 vaccination for everyone 6 months and older to better protect you and your loved ones.”The CDC panel wrestled with the question of whether to focus its recommendation on those most at risk of severe COVID or urge the shots for everyone within the approved age groups.
“I’m not against this vaccine,” Sanchez said. “The limited data do look great. I’m very much pro vaccination. I just want to comment that we have extremely limited data on children and infants and other individuals, and so I think that needs to be made available to the parents. And we do have to be concerned about potential side effects, especially in young adult males.”With the CDC’s recommendation, vaccines could become available as soon as the end of the week.Not quite.
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