CDC Advisers Set Meeting for Next Week on Covid Booster Shots

Advisers to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention will hold a two-day meeting next week to discuss booster shots for Covid-19 vaccines.

The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices posted notice of the meeting, which will be held Sept. 22-23, on its website on Wednesday. The panel of outside experts advises the CDC on how best to administer new vaccines.

The Biden administration had laid out plans last month to begin giving booster shots to more Americans on Sept. 20, but the timing of the advisory panel’s meeting is likely to mean that effort will be delayed by at least ...