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The CDC is urging people 50 and older to get a COVID booster vaccine after the FDA has given their approval for the use of booster doses of both the Moderna and Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines for everyone over 18. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s director signed off on boosters for all adults late Friday.

Moderna’s revised application comes as the FDA is expected to authorize Pfizer and BioNTech’s booster shots for all adults as early as this week.

U.S. regulators are studying an exceedingly rare risk of heart inflammation — though public health officials have stressed that COVID-19 itself can cause heart inflammation at higher rates than the cases caused by the vaccine.

Moderna says its low-dose COVID-19 vaccine is safe and appears to work in 6- to 11-year-olds.

Millions more Americans are now eligible for COVID-19 boosters and they can get a different vaccine than their first shots

Millions more Americans are closer to getting a COVID-19 booster as influential government advisers on Thursday endorsed extra doses of all three of the nation’s vaccines — and said people could choose a different company’s brand for that next shot.

Federal regulators are expected to authorize the mixing and matching of COVID-19 booster shots this week in an effort to provide flexibility for those seeking to maintain protection against the coronavirus

The FDA is expected to authorize the mixing and matching of COVID-19 booster shots this week, according to multiple reports.

The Food and Drug Administration advisory panel on Thursday endorsed administering lower-dose booster shots of the Moderna vaccine for seniors and people at risk of severe COVID-19.

The chairman of Moderna says the company has no plans to share the recipe for its COVID-19 vaccine because executives have concluded that scaling up their own production is the best way to increase the global supply

About 4,000 children across the U.S. are enrolled in Moderna’s KidCOVE study, and doctors saying the “end game” is near. NBC 6’s Constance Jones reports.

When people post about #PfizerGang and #TeamModerna, they’re usually just having fun and encouraging others to get vaccinated. New data does show that Moderna has been more effective at preventing coronavirus infection – although both are excellent at preventing severe disease. New York Times reporter Apoorva Mandavilli explains.

Pfizer said Monday early trial results indicate its COVID-19 vaccine is safe and effective for children ages 5 to 11

COVID-19 booster shots may be coming for at least some Americans but there’s still important science to be worked out about who really needs them and when. Here’s what we know about the biology behind booster decisions

U.S. health officials say that the Moderna booster shot will need more time to be reviewed which will likely delay President Biden’s plan to offer COVID-19 booster shots to all Americans in mid-September.

Japan is suspending use of about 1.63 million doses of Moderna vaccine after contamination was found in some unused vials

U.S. health officials are expected to announce that they recommend booster shots of the COVID-19 vaccine eight months after receiving the second dose, according to sources.

U.S. experts are expected to recommend COVID-19 vaccine boosters for all Americans, regardless of age, eight months after they received their second dose of the shot.

A preliminary survey out of Israel suggests that a coronavirus booster shot may cause similar side effects to the second dose.