vaccine booster

President Joe Biden received his updated COVID-19 booster shot at the White House on Tuesday.

Ensuring maximum protection for the holiday season, the White House is making a push for people to get their updated COVID-19 booster shots before Halloween to combat what officials say will be a “challenging” virus season.

The White House says eligible Americans should get the updated COVID-19 boosters by Halloween to have maximum protection against the coronavirus by Thanksgiving and the holidays, as it warns of a “challenging” virus season ahead.

The Community Health Center is offering the new bivalent COVID-19 booster to adults this weekend at several pop-up clinics. Anyone 18 and older is eligible for the vaccine and no appointments are necessary. Pre-registration is also not required. Below are the CHC clinics where the Moderna booster will be offered on Saturday: CHC of Bristol, 395 North Main Street, Bristol,…

Hospitalizations are up in several states after a surge in COVID-19 infections as subvariants of Omicron spread. And as Google search trends tell us, interest in boosters is high right now. “It is critically important to get boosted now, as we are in the midst of that BA.5 wave,” Dr. Aditi Nerurkar of Harvard Medical School tells LX News Now....