Govt. Set To Quickly Roll Out COVID-19 Boosters If FDA, CDC On Board

By Beth Wang / September 17, 2021 at 2:02 PM
Biden administration officials say they’re prepared to distribute COVID-19 boosters as soon as possible if FDA approves them and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention advisers subsequently recommend the shots at a meeting next week. CDC’s vaccine advisers plan to meet Wednesday (Sept. 22) and Thursday (Sept. 23) to recommend whether third doses of Pfizer’s FDA-approved two-dose COVID-19 vaccine should be distributed to the general population. FDA is expected to make an approval decision on Pfizer’s two-dose vaccine, Comirnaty,...


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