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Millions more Americans are now eligible for COVID-19 boosters and they can get a different vaccine than their first shots

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The Food and Drug Administration advisory panel on Thursday endorsed administering lower-dose booster shots of the Moderna vaccine for seniors and people at risk of severe COVID-19.

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Sonoma County is making COVID-19 booster shots available for eligible seniors, health care workers, public safety personnel and others who are at increased risk for COVID-19 exposure and transmission.

The CDC on Thursday endorsed booster shots for millions of older or otherwise vulnerable Americans, but who exactly is eligible?

The CDC advisory panel backed the decision for Pfizer COVID-19 booster shots for millions of older or otherwise vulnerable Americans.

A CDC panel of advisers voted to recommend a booster shot of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine to people over 65 and high risk Americans, backing a similar decision by the FDA.

The FDA authorized booster doses for Americans who are 65 and older, younger adults with underlying health conditions and those in jobs that put them at high risk for COVID-19.

Johnson & Johnson released data Tuesday showing that a booster dose to its one-shot COVID-19 vaccine provides a strong immune response months after people receive a first dose. Kris Sanchez reports.

A panel of outside experts who advise the Food and Drug Administration voted not to endorse COVID-19 booster shots of the Pfizer vaccine.

An influential federal advisory panel overwhelmingly rejected a plan Friday to give Pfizer COVID-19 booster shots to most Americans, but it endorsed the extra shots for those who are 65 or older or run a high risk of severe disease.

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U.S. health officials say that the Moderna booster shot will need more time to be reviewed which will likely delay President Biden’s plan to offer COVID-19 booster shots to all Americans in mid-September.

“These booster shots are free,” President Joe Biden said Wednesday. “It will be easy. Just show your vaccination card, and you’ll get a booster. No other I.D., no insurance, no state residency requirement.”

The San Francisco Department of Public Health will begin offering a third dose of the Pfizer and Moderna vaccine to residents with immunocompromised health conditions.

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services announced Wednesday that all Americans over the age of 18 will be eligible to receive booster shots beginning September 20 to bolster their protection against the coronavirus.

U.S. health officials Wednesday announced plans to dispense COVID-19 booster shots to all Americans to shore up their protection amid the surging delta variant and signs that the vaccines’ effectiveness is slipping. The plan, as outlined by the chief of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and other top health authorities, calls for an extra dose eight months...

A COVID-19 booster shot is now officially in the works, but is it actually necessary moving forward? NBC Bay Area’s Raj Mathai spoke with Dr. Monica Gandhi, of UCSF, for insight.