'At this stage of the pandemic, data supports simplifying the use' of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, FDA vaccine chief Dr. Peter Marks said
In a long-awaited move, an FDA advisory panel decided to do away with the confusion surrounding COVID-19 shots and boosters.U.S. regulators on Tuesday cleared another COVID-19 booster dose for older adults and people with weak immune systems so they can shore up protection this spring - while taking steps to make coronavirus vaccinations simpler for everyone else.
Anyone who's gotten their original vaccinations but hasn't yet had an omicron-targeted booster can still get one - but the agency will decide over the summer if younger, healthy people will eventually be offered a second bivalent booster. The Pfizer and Moderna boosters contain protection against both the original coronavirus strain and omicron versions known as BA.4 and BA.5. While newer omicron cousins now are circulating, recent studies show the bivalent shots still are effective.
But at least 250 people in the U.S. a day still die from COVID-19, many of them elderly or frail, and protection can wane.For eligible, high-risk groups, a spring second booster is a reasonable choice, said Dr. Matthew Laurens of the University of Maryland School of Medicine.
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