Walgreens is offering Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine boosters to individuals ages 18 years old and older at all of its locations.
Hy-Vee is offering COVID-19 vaccine booster doses to recipients ages 18 years old and older at all of its pharmacy locations across its eight-state region.
The CDC Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices has voted unanimously to recommend booster doses of Pfizer/BioNTech's and Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine for all adults six months after they finish their first two doses.
Moderna’s revised application, which was originally submitted in September, comes as the FDA is expected to authorize Pfizer-BioNTech’s booster shots for all adults as early as this week.
Pfizer and BioNTech is reportedly seeking emergency use authorization from the Food and Drug Administration for a COVID-19 vaccine booster for all individuals aged 18 years old and older.
Walgreens, CVS Health, Rite Aid, Meijer, Walmart and Sam’s Club are among the retailers that will begin administering Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine to children between the ages of 5 to 11 years old.
The Food and Drug Administration will take the committee’s vote under consideration, and vaccine advisers to the CDC will meet from Nov. 2 to 3 to decide whether to recommend that children get the COVID-19 vaccine.
There are now booster recommendations for all three available COVID-19 vaccines, and eligible individuals may choose which vaccine they receive as a booster dose.
The FDA plans to further assess the benefits and risks of the use of booster doses in additional populations, and update the healthcare community and public in the coming weeks.
The Biden Administration said it has secured enough supply to vaccinate 28 million children between the ages of 5 to 11 years old who would become eligible for COVID-19 vaccination if authorization is given.
