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Mar 1, 2024 · People who test positive for Covid no longer need to isolate for five days, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday. The CDC’s new guidance now matches public health advice ...
Mar 1, 2024 · CDC released today updated recommendations for how people can protect themselves and their communities from respiratory viruses, including COVID-19. The new guidance brings a unified approach to addressing risks from a range of common respiratory viral illnesses, such as COVID-19, flu, and RSV, which can cause significant health impacts and strain on hospitals and health care workers.
- What You Need to Know
- Recommendations for Everyone Aged 5 Years and Older
- Recommendations for Children Aged 6 Months—4 Years
- Recommendation for People Who May Get Additional Updated COVID-19 Vaccines
- When Are You Up to Date?
- How Well COVID-19 Vaccines Work
- About COVID-19 Vaccines
- Getting Vaccines If You Recently Had COVID-19
- Vaccination Received Outside the United States
•CDC recommends the 2023–2024 updated COVID-19 vaccines: Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, or Novavax, to protect against serious illness from COVID-19.
•Everyone aged 5 years and older ‡ should get 1 dose of an updated COVID-19 vaccine to protect against serious illness from COVID-19.
•Children aged 6 months–4 years need multiple doses of COVID-19 vaccines to be up to date, including at least 1 dose of updated COVID-19 vaccine.
•People who are moderately or severely immunocompromised may get additional doses of updated COVID-19 vaccine.
•COVID-19 vaccine recommendations will be updated as needed.
•People who are up to date have lower risk of severe illness, hospitalization and death from COVID-19 than people who are unvaccinated or who have not completed the doses recommended for them by CDC.
Children aged 5 years – 11 years who are not vaccinated or have gotten previous COVID-19 vaccine(s)
Children aged 5 years – 11 years who are unvaccinated or have previously gotten a COVID-19 vaccine before September 12, 2023, should get 1 updated Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.
People aged 12 years and older who are not vaccinated
Moderna Novavax
People aged 12 years and older who got previous COVID-19 vaccine(s)
Vaccine Overview Learn more about COVID-19 vaccines Pfizer-BioNTech VaccineModerna VaccineNovavax Vaccine ‡12 years and older: People aged 12 years and older who have not previously gotten any COVID-19 vaccine doses and choose to get Novavax should get 2 doses of updated Novavax vaccine to be up to date.
Children Who Are Not Vaccinated
Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine Overview Moderna Moderna Vaccine Overview
Children Who Got Previous COVID-19 Vaccine(s)
One Previous Dose Two or More Previous Doses Pfizer-BioNTech Vaccine Overview Moderna One Previous Dose Two or More Previous Doses Moderna Vaccine Overview
People who are moderately or severely immunocompromised may get additional doses of updated COVID-19 vaccines. Talk to your healthcare provider about additional updated doses.
Everyone aged 5 years and older
You are up to date when you get 1 updated COVID-19 vaccine.‡
Children aged 6 months—4 years
You are up to date when you get all recommended doses, including at least 1 dose of updated COVID-19 vaccine.
People who got the Johnson & Johnson/Janssen COVID-19 vaccine
You are up to date when you get 1 updated COVID-19 vaccine.
•People who are up to date have lower risk of severe illness, hospitalization and death from COVID-19 than people who are unvaccinated or who have not completed the doses recommended for them by CDC.
•Additional updated COVID-19 vaccine doses can help restore protection that has decreased since previous vaccination.
COVID-19 vaccines available in the United States are effective at protecting people from getting seriously ill, being hospitalized, and dying. As with other vaccine-preventable diseases, you are best protected from COVID-19 when you stay up to date with the recommended vaccinations.
COVID-19 vaccines recommended for use in the United States:
•Pfizer-BioNTech
•Moderna
If you recently had COVID-19, you still need to stay up to date with your vaccines, but you may consider delaying your vaccine by 3 months.
Reinfection is less likely in the weeks to months after infection. However, certain factors could be reasons to get a vaccine sooner rather than later, such as:
•personal risk of severe disease,
•risk of disease in a loved one or close contact,
•local COVID-19 hospital admission level,
•and the most common COVID-19 variant currently causing illness.
For Healthcare and Public Health
Use of COVID-19 Vaccines in the United States: Interim Clinical Considerations Last Updated Jan. 18, 2024 Source: National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases (NCIRD), Division of Viral Diseases
Mar 15, 2024 · A: People with COVID-19 could potentially transmit it to others well beyond a day after developing symptoms or testing positive. New guidance from the CDC advises people to isolate until they have ...
Mar 5, 2024 · There are a few reasons behind this new recommendation for older adults. First, most severe COVID infections are occurring in individuals 65 years and older who have not been vaccinated recently. The CDC’s recommendation notes that more than half of COVID hospitalizations between October 2023 and December 2023 occurred in adults over 65.
Mar 15, 2024 · Monitoring the impact of COVID-19 and the effectiveness of prevention and control strategies remains a public health priority. CDC continues to provide sustainable, high-impact, and timely information to inform decision-making. COVID Data Tracker. Find links to guidance and information on all topics related to COVID-19, including the COVID-19 ...
Aug 11, 2022 · CDC will continue to focus efforts on preventing severe illness and post-COVID conditions, while ensuring everyone have the information and tools, they need to lower their risk. This updated guidance is intended to apply to community settings.
