The FDA and CDC recommended Pfizer booster shots for some groups, including elderly people, this week.

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When should I get my next COVID booster shot? Health experts say the best time to get a COVID booster shot is in the early fall, with mid-September through October offering the strongest protection.

WASHINGTON (NewsNation Now) — U.S. health officials Wednesday recommended all Americans get COVID-19 booster shots to shore up their protection amid the surging delta variant and evidence that the ...

After years of updates on COVID-19 vaccines and boosters, it can be confusing to know who should get a shot and when. While a lot of that confusion has to do with the new COVID strains that have ...

The start of fall ushers in a new school year, sweater weather, pumpkin spice, and the horrors of yet another election cycle kicking into high gear. And thanks to the pandemic, the season also brings ...

The guidance about who can and should receive COVID-19 vaccines and boosters is shifting. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. said on May 27 that the COVID-19 vaccine will no ...

The FDA's new COVID-19 vaccine approval limits eligibility to high-risk individuals, diverging from previous universal recommendations. Secretary Kennedy rescinded emergency use authorizations, ...

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention strengthened recommendations for booster doses of coronavirus vaccine Monday, saying all adults should get boosted six months after the second dose of ...

"We think the best way to ensure these patients get the vaccine is through their comprehensive cancer care, because this is the setting where they are getting much of their health care... electronic ...

FILE - A sign marks the entrance to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in Atlanta, on Oct. 8, 2013. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File) NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Health Secretary ...