booster shots

CVS and Walgreens have begun to take appointments for the new COVID booster during a KP variant-fueled surge. The booster targets omicron subvariant KP.2. Uninsured adults will no longer get free COVID vaccines under the CDC's Bridge Access Program, which ends this month.

Maybe it's not a full-blown summer surge but COVID numbers are ticking up. For those with concerns due to personal risk factors or the start of the school year, the booster question is top of mind.

Metro Health has a limited supply of the Moderna bivalent COVID-19 boosters, and is offering H-E-B gift cards to those who get shots.

The COVID-19 vaccine strategy may be shifting toward Americans getting yearly vaccinations, like many do with annual flu shots.

Health officials argue the protection of the COVID vaccine booster wanes over time and say some people need a second booster. But other infectious disease experts say three shots are enough for now.

If approved, this would be the second booster shot Moderna has issued for people ages 18 and up.

Researchers in the U.K. have the first estimates for how long a third shot of the Pfizer vaccine will last. The findings are mixed.

On this episode of Petrie Dish, host Bonnie Petrie speaks with Dr. Tracey Baas of Texas Biomedical Institute about timing, mixing and matching, who should be getting the booster and more.