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APRIL 20, 2023

CDC Recommends Additional COVID-19 Booster for Older or Immunocompromised People


Originally published by our sister publication Infectious Disease Special Edition

By IDSE News Staff

After the FDA announced its new amendments to the emergency use authorizations for the Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna COVID-19 bivalent mRNA vaccines, the CDC took steps to simplify its COVID-19 vaccine recommendations, including advising older and immunocompromised adults to receive a second dose of the updated bivalent vaccine.

Although there was no vote, the CDC’s Advisory Committee on