Pharmaceutical Executive March 1, 2024
Mike Hollan

The agency updated its recommendations after a vote by the ACIP advisory committee.

The Covid-19 shot isn’t done yet.

The CDC is recommending that people over the age of 65 should get another injection of the COVID-19 vaccine. The recommendation comes after the CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted on the matter, CNN reports.1 The committee voted 11 yes, one no, and one member abstained.

According to the new recommendation, anyone over the age of 65 should get the latest version of any of the available COVID vaccines if it has been at least four months since their previous shot.

According to CNN, CDC epidemiologist Dr. Ruth Link-Gelles said during a meeting with ACIP advisors, “[The vaccine] doesn’t...

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