COVID Booster Now Available for Adults, Still not FDA Approved

Covid-19 boosters from Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna now cleared for all U.S. adults remain authorized under emergency use, but not approved by the FDA.

QUICK FACTS:
  • The Food and Drug Administration announced Friday it has authorized Covid-19 booster shots for the Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna vaccines for all adults, according to The Wall Street Journal.
  • The jabs could go into wide use shortly after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) signs off. If they do, all adults could be eligible to get a booster as early as this weekend.
  • The FDA may “authorize unapproved medical products or unapproved uses of approved medical products,” according to the organization’s website.
  • No Covid-19 vaccine currently available to the public has been approved by the FDA.

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