As Covid cases rise, CDC panel recommends updated vaccine for fall
With fresh Covid cases bubbling up in some parts of the country, health officials are setting course for a fall vaccination campaign.
With fresh Covid cases bubbling up in some parts of the country, health officials are setting course for a fall vaccination campaign.
On Thursday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended new shots for all Americans this fall.
“Our top recommendation for protecting yourself and your loved ones from respiratory illness is to get vaccinated,” CDC director Dr. Mandy Cohen said in a statement.
Officials acknowledged the need for vaccinations is not as dire as it was only a few years ago. Most Americans have some degree of immunity from being infected, from past vaccinations or both. Covid deaths and hospitalizations last month were at about their lowest point since the pandemic first hit the United States in 2020.
But immunity wanes, new coronavirus variants keep emerging and there are still hundreds of Covid-associated deaths and thousands of hospitalizations reported each week.
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