COVID vaccination recommendations: What you need to know

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued these recommendations on Sept 12, 2023, for the latest COVID vaccinations:

• Everyone aged 5 years and older should get 1 updated Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine to be up to date.
• People who are moderately or severely immunocompromised should receive multiple doses of updated Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine.
• Children aged 6 months–4 years may need multiple doses of COVID-19 vaccine to be up to date, including at least 1 dose of updated Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna COVID-19 vaccine, depending on the number of doses they’ve previously received, the vaccine brand, and their age.
• COVID-19 vaccine recommendations will be updated as needed.