Moderna announced Thursday it had asked the United States drug regulator for emergency authorization for a second booster shot of the company’s Covid-19 vaccine for all adults. Read more here:
The request to the US Food and Drug Administration would “allow for a fourth dose of our #COVID19 vaccine in adults 18 years of age and older who have received an initial booster” of any approved Covid jab, Moderna said on Twitter.
Moderna said in a separate statement that its request had a broader scope so the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and health care providers could have “flexibility” in determining appropriate use of the second booster, such as for seniors or immunocompromised people. The first Israeli study showed that “rates of confirmed infections were 2 times lower and rates of severe illness were 4 times lower among individuals who received an additional booster dose,” compared to those who only had one.
The second study — an analysis of Israeli health care workers 18 and up — showed that antibody levels in those who received a second booster were significantly higher than those who did not.
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