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    Experts who advise the CDC on vaccination policy informally endorsed a plan Wednesday to offer an additional Covid-19 booster shot to certain people.

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    • #ACIP did not vote on the changes to #Covid vaccine schedules that will go into effect when @CDCDirector signs off on them, likely later today. But they voiced no objections to the additional boosters & other changes. https://t.co/IFBfjvKLVh

    • “adults who have not had a bivalent booster but had between 2 & 4 doses of monovalent vaccine retain solid protection against the most severe consequences of Covid..—needing mechanical ventilation or death—for over a year after their most recent shot” https://t.co/MOtr4L8o9w

  • Mashup Score: 27

    An expert committee that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on vaccine policy voted Thursday to recommend use of updated Covid-19 vaccines.

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    • #ACIP votes to recommend updated Covid boosters. Once @CDCDirector accepts their recommendations — probably tonight — these products will available. https://t.co/9icvSNsnQy

  • Mashup Score: 10

    The Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation says 1 dose shown to be just as effective as 2 at preventing cancers caused by HPV in adolescents.

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    • The UK's Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunization — their #ACIP — is recommending that HPV vaccine now be given in a single dose in the UK's program, which vaccinates girls & boys aged 12 & 13. This highly effective vaccine started out as 3 doses. https://t.co/hkvQNZZCY9