The CDC Director Rochelle P. Walensky, MD, MPH, endorsed the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices’ recommendation for a booster shot of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for certain populations.
But she also recommended a booster dose for those in high-risk occupational and institutional settings. The CDC’s endorsement aligns with the FDA’s amended emergency use authorization (EUA) but rejects one of the ACIP recommendations; the ACIP did not recommend