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CDC Advisers Back 3rd Covid Vaccine Dose for Immune Impaired
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August 13, 2021
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1:49Now PlayingAdvisers to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention voted in favor of a recommendation that people with weakened immune systems should get three shots of Covid vaccine, a key step for protection of the vulnerable population.
The CDC’s Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices 11 members voted unanimously Friday in favor of the third-dose recommendation for some people with weakened immune systems. CDC Director Rochelle Walensky must give a final sign-off on the recommendation.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration expanded emergency use authorizations for vaccines from Moderna Inc. and the partnership of Pfizer Inc. and BioNTech SE late Thursday to include the extra dose. Organ transplant recipients and patients considered to have an equivalent level of immunocompromise will be eligible for the extra shots.
The FDA decision was supported by a study published Wednesday in the New England Journal of Medicine showing that a third dose of Moderna’s vaccine significantly raised levels of Covid-fighting antibodies in 55% of transplant patients. Among those who got a placebo rather than the extra shot, just 18% generated the desired antibody levels, the study found.
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