CDC recommends spring COVID booster for people 65 and up

Enlarge / The Moderna Spikevax COVID-19 vaccine is shown at a CVS in 2023. Getty | Melissa Phillip/Houston Chronicle

People ages 65 and up should get another dose of a COVID-19 vaccine this spring, given the age group’s higher risk of severe disease and death from the pandemic virus, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Wednesday.

Earlier today, an advisory committee for the CDC voted overwhelmingly in favor of recommending the spring booster dose. And late this afternoon, CDC Director Mandy Cohen signed off on the recommendation, allowing boosting to begin.

“Today’s recommendation allows older adults to receive

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