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COVID boosters are back: what scientists say about whether to get one

As many countries head into autumn, they are targeting vaccinations at people in high-risk categories, leaving those at lower risk uncertain about what to do.
  1. Mariana Lenharo
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Across the Northern Hemisphere, public-health officials are rushing to roll out autumn COVID-19 vaccination campaigns to guard against a fresh batch of SARS-CoV-2 variants. In England, officials brought forward the start date for administering an updated booster to Monday — roughly a month earlier than planned. On Tuesday, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended newly formulated boosters to all people above the age of six months.

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Nature 621, 449-450 (2023)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-023-02840-x

Additional reporting by Gemma Conroy and Lilly Tozer.

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