Help patients overcome COVID booster fatigue and update their protection against the now endemic COVID virus.
Adjunct Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
Received income in an amount equal to or greater than $250 from: American College of Physicians; Medscape; American Medical Association If the patient has recently had COVID, the wait time is even longer: Patients can wait 3 months after a COVID infection to be vaccinated, but they don't have to. FDA's instructions for the Novavax version are not as straightforward. People can get an updated Novavax dose at least 2 months after their last mRNA COVID vaccine dose, or at least 2 months after completing a Novavax two-dose primary series. Those two Novavax doses should be given at least 3 weeks apart.
Here's the bottom line: Most people have some degree of COVID protection from previous infection, vaccination, or both. But if they haven't recently had COVID infection and didn't get a dose of last year's vaccine, they are sitting ducks for getting sick without updated protection. The best way to stay well is to get a dose of the updated vaccine as soon as possible. This is especially true for those in high-risk groups or who are near someone who is high risk.
Since 2020, we've come a long way in our fight against COVID, but the battle is still on. In 2023, nearly a million people were hospitalized from COVID. More than 75,000 died. COVID vaccines help protect us from severe disease, hospitalization, and death.
Vaccines COVID-19 Vaccine Coronavirus Vaccine Immunizations Vaccination Influenza Flu Fatigue Georgia Children Child Childhood Pediatrics Kids Racial Disparity Ethnic Disparity Racial-Ethnic Disparity Racial-Ethnic Disparities Centers For Disease Control And Prevention CDC - Centers For Disease Control And Prevention Fellowship Fellows Residency Residents
Nigeria Latest News, Nigeria Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Updated COVID vaccines are coming soonThe Food and Drug Administration is expected to give the green light to new COVID-19 vaccines this week to protect against recent variants of the coronavirus.
Read more »
Updated COVID vaccines are coming soonThe Food and Drug Administration is expected to give the green light to new COVID-19 vaccines this week to protect against recent variants of the coronavirus.
Read more »
FDA approves updated Pfizer, Moderna Covid vaccines as virus surges; shots to be available within daysThe Covid jabs target a strain called KP.2, a descendant of the highly contagious omicron subvariant JN.1 that began circulating widely in the U.S. this year.
Read more »
FDA authorizes release of updated COVID-19 vaccinesJustin Boggs is a writer for the E.W. Scripps company. Justin covers anything from politics to sports and entertainment.
Read more »
FDA approves updated COVID-19 vaccines, shots should be available in daysUpdated COVID-19 vaccines are on their way. The Food and Drug Administration approved new shots from Pfizer and Moderna on Thursday, and the companies are set to begin shipping millions of doses. The shots are cleared for adults and children as young as 6 months, and health authorities hope far more Americans get them this year.
Read more »
FDA approves updated Pfizer, Moderna Covid vaccines as virus surges; shots to be available within daysThe Covid jabs target a strain called KP.2, a descendant of the highly contagious omicron subvariant JN.1 that began circulating widely in the U.S. this year.
Read more »