CDC Panel to Meet April 20 on Covid-19 Boosters, Vote Possible

A CDC panel of outside scientific advisers will meet next week to discuss and likely vote on Covid-19 booster recommendations.

The April 20 meeting comes about two weeks after a corresponding committee within the Food and Drug Administration had a general discussion—but no formal recommendation—on how to administer another round of booster shots if they should become necessary in the fall. Both agencies already cleared a second round of Covid-19 booster shots made by Pfizer-BioNtech or Moderna Inc., for adults 50 and older or anyone 12 and up with a compromised immune system.

The U.S. government is currently ...