CDC May Recommend COVID Boosters for Some This Spring

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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is weighing whether to recommend another COVID booster shot this spring, most likely for those who are vulnerable to severe illness.

is weighing whether to recommend another COVID booster shot this spring, most likely for those who are vulnerable to severe illness.

"The discussion will be aimed at the people who are most accepting of public health recommendations," Dr. William Schaffner, an infectious diseases expert at Vanderbilt University Medical Center in Nashville, Tenn., told. "The committee, in its rigorous fashion since the question has come up, will be considering a second dose for people at high risk or for people who wish to get it.

 

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