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Tense decision-making as CDC joins FDA in recommending Pfizer booster shot for 65 up, people at high risk and those with occupational exposure to COVID-19

  • Written by Matthew Woodruff, Instructor of Human Immunology, Emory University
imageThe FDA and CDC are recommending use of a third shot, or "booster dose" for certain groups of people in the U.S. Patrick T. Fallon/AFP via Getty Images

Following the recommendations of its vaccine advisory committee, the Food and Drug Administration gave emergency use authorization to Pfizer-BioNTech’s COVID-19 vaccine booster dose for...

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