CDC recommends one updated (bivalent) booster dose for everyone aged 5 years and older if it has been at least 2 months since completing their primary booster series or their last booster dose.

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Everyone over the age of five can – and should – get a booster shot as soon as they are eligible. If it has been at least two months since you have completed the primary vaccination series or received a booster shot, you are eligible for a bivalent COVID-19 booster.
The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is authorized for use as a booster dose in individuals 6 months and older, and the Moderna bivalent vaccine is authorized for those 6 years old and older.

The CDC recommends COVID-19 vaccination and boosters when eligible for those who are pregnant or hoping to become pregnant. Studies show pregnant individuals are at an increased risk for severe illness, hospitalization and even death from COVID-19. Those infected with COVID-19 during pregnancy are also at an increased risk of preterm birth and stillbirth.

The vaccines are safe and effective, and the data suggest that the benefits of receiving a COVID-19 vaccine outweigh any known or potential risks of vaccination during pregnancy. In fact, vaccination during pregnancy or while breastfeeding builds antibodies that may even help protect the baby.

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A “booster” refers to an extra dose of a vaccine after the original (or primary) dose is administered. COVID-19 vaccines remain highly effective against the virus, but protection can wane over time. Booster shots increase the level of immune response in those who are fully vaccinated and provide more protection against COVID-19.

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The CDC recommends getting a booster shot as soon as you’re no longer contagious. For most people, that’s about 10 days after testing positive or 10 days after first noticing symptoms.

Getting a COVID-19 booster shot after recovering from COVID-19 increases your body’s immune response helping improve protection against reinfection, which is particularly important in the wake of the Omicron variants.

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The bivalent COVID-19 vaccine boosters are developed with components that fight both the original virus strain and the Omicron variant to give you broad protection against COVID-19, including better protection against Omicron variants.

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Yes, Children aged 5 to 17 years of age are eligible for a bivalent vaccine if it has been at least two months since they completed their primary vaccination series or received a booster shot.

Children aged 6 months to 4 years who received the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine, receive the updated bivalent as the third dose of the primary series at least 8 weeks after their 2nd dose or last booster, there is not a recommendation for an additional booster this group.

For younger children who received the Moderna vaccine primary series, at least 2 months after 2nd Moderna dose, children aged 6 months–4 years can only get a Pfizer-BioNTech booster, and children aged 5 years and older can get either a Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna updated booster.

The best protection against COVID-19 is to be fully up to date on your COVID-19 vaccinations including booster shots. Vaccination against COVID-19 helps protect the people around you, especially those who may not be able to get the vaccine due to pre-existing conditions and age restrictions.

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