COVID boosters are back: what scientists say about whether to get one (2024)

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12 September 2023

As many countries head into autumn, they are targeting vaccinations at people in high-risk categories, leaving those at lower risk uncertain about what to do.

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Across the Northern Hemisphere, public-health officials are rushing to roll out autumn COVID-19 vaccination campaigns to guard against a fresh batch of SARS-CoV-2 variants. In England, officials brought forward the start date for administering an updated booster to Monday — roughly a month earlier than planned. On Tuesday, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended newly formulated boosters to all people above the age of six months.

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