In April, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) both updated their recommendations for COVID vaccines, providing more flexibility for higher-risk individuals who want additional protection from the SARS-CoV-2 virus that causes COVID-19. Most crucially, people who are immunocompromised or over the age of 65 are now allowed to get a second bivalent booster shot. For everyone else, the FDA and CDC have deemed them unnecessary at this time.
"This allows more flexibility for healthcare providers to administer additional doses to immunocompromised patients as needed," the CDC said in a statement.
