The FDA has changed the terms of the authorizations for bivalent vaccines so that certain individuals could get an additional dose ahead of most others.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration amended the terms of its emergency use authorizations for the Pfizer and Moderna bivalent vaccines on Tuesday, allowing people ages 65 and older and certain people with weakened immunity to get additional doses before this fall’s vaccination campaigns. The bivalent vaccines made by Pfizer and Moderna carry instructions for fighting both the original strain of the Covid-19 virus as well as Omicron and its spinoffs.
, either from vaccination or infection that can serve as a foundation for the protection provided by the bivalent vaccines. continues to be a very real risk for many people, and we encourage individuals to consider staying current with vaccination, including with a bivalent vaccine. The available data continue to demonstrate that vaccines prevent the most serious outcomes of
, which are severe illness, hospitalization, and death,” said Dr. Peter Marks, head of FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, in a news release. Children ages 6 months through 5 years who have not yet been vaccinated may now receive a two-dose series of the Moderna bivalent vaccine as their primary series, or a three-dose series of the Pfizer-BioNTech bivalent vaccine if they are 6 months through 4 years of age.
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