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cbabe

(4,085 posts)
Thu Feb 29, 2024, 11:32 AM Feb 2024

Older US adults should get another COVID-19 shot, health officials recommend

https://www.msn.com/en-us/health/health-news/older-us-adults-should-get-another-covid-19-shot-health-officials-recommend/ar-BB1j3WqX

Older US adults should get another COVID-19 shot, health officials recommend

Story by MIKE STOBBE, AP Medical Writer • 21h

NEW YORK (AP) — Older U.S. adults should roll up their sleeves for another COVID-19 shot, even if they got a booster in the fall, U.S. health officials said Wednesday.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Americans 65 and older should get another dose of the updated vaccine that became available in September — if at least four months has passed since their last shot. In making the recommendation, the agency endorsed guidance proposed by an expert advisory panel earlier in the day.

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Older US adults should get another COVID-19 shot, health officials recommend (Original Post) cbabe Feb 2024 OP
Thank you for posting! ariadne0614 Feb 2024 #1
K/R appalachiablue Mar 2024 #2

ariadne0614

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1. Thank you for posting!
Thu Feb 29, 2024, 11:37 AM
Feb 2024

Yesterday I asked the pharmacist at Walgreen’s, and she said they had no updated info.

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