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CDC panel recommends Pfizer booster for older Americans and people at high-risk of disease

Name: CDC panel recommends Pfizer booster for older Americans and people at high-risk of disease
Uploaded: 2021-09-23T19:02:33-0400
Duration: 8 min 28 s
Description: A CDC panel has voted in favor of coronavirus booster shots for people aged 65 and older and those at high risk for severe COVID-19. Omar Villafranca has the details on this long awaited decision. Then, Dr. Bhavna Lall, a clinical assistant professor at the University of Houston College of Medicine, joins CBSN's Lana Zak with her analysis.

A CDC panel has voted in favor of coronavirus booster shots for people aged 65 and older and those at high risk for severe COVID-19. Omar Villafranca has the details on this long awaited decision. Then, Dr. Bhavna Lall, a clinical assistant professor at the University of Houston College of Medicine, joins CBSN's Lana Zak with her analysis.