Vaccine experts advising the CDC recommended the agency add Covid-19 vaccines to its lists of shots recommended for adults and children
If agency follows recommendations as expected, shots will be added to lists along with measles, tetanus and other inoculations
The new bivalent vaccine might be the first step in developing annual Covid shots, which could follow a similar process to the one used to update flu vaccines every year. Here’s what that process looks like, and why applying it to Covid could be challenging. Illustration: Ryan TrefesVaccine experts advising the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention supported adding Covid-19 vaccines to the agency’s lists of recommended regular immunizations.
The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, or ACIP, voted unanimously on Thursday in support of including Covid-19 shots on the lists of measles, tetanus and other inoculations that adults and