{"id":6758,"date":"2021-08-13T09:17:26","date_gmt":"2021-08-13T16:17:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/?p=6758"},"modified":"2021-08-13T09:17:30","modified_gmt":"2021-08-13T16:17:30","slug":"fda-approves-third-dose-of-covid-19-vaccine-for-certain-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/fda-approves-third-dose-of-covid-19-vaccine-for-certain-people\/","title":{"rendered":"FDA Approves Third Dose of COVID-19 Vaccine for Certain Individuals"},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Pamela Cruz. Peninsula 360 Press [P360P<\/a>]<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This Thursday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) cleared a third dose of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine for immunosuppressed individuals, specifically those who are recipients of the vaccine. (FDA) cleared the emergency use of a third dose of Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna's COVID-19 vaccine for immunosuppressed individuals, specifically, those receiving organ transplants or those with immunosuppressive conditions.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices is scheduled to meet today, August 13, to discuss specific clinical recommendations for immunocompromised persons. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"The country has entered into another wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, and the FDA<\/a> is especially aware that immunocompromised individuals are at particular risk for serious disease. After a thorough review of the available data, the FDA determined that this small and vulnerable group may benefit from a third dose of Pfizer-BioNTech or Moderna vaccines,\" said FDA Acting Commissioner Janet Woodcock.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He added that Thursday's action allows doctors to boost immunity in these types of patients, who need additional protection against COVID-19. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"As we said previously, other fully vaccinated people are adequately protected and do not need an additional dose of COVID-19 vaccine at this time. FDA is actively engaged in a rigorous, science-based process with our federal partners to consider whether an additional dose may be needed in the future,\" he added.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Immunosuppressed people similar to those who have undergone organ transplantation have a reduced ability to fight infections and other diseases, and are especially vulnerable to infections, including COVID-19. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Woodcock advised these patients to maintain physical precautions to help prevent COVID-19. In addition, close contacts of immunocompromised people should be vaccinated, as appropriate to their health status, to provide added protection for their loved ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He recommended that immunocompromised people discuss monoclonal antibody treatment options with their health care provider in case they become infected or exposed to COVID-19. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The FDA has authorized monoclonal antibody treatments for emergency use during this public health emergency for adults and pediatric patients - aged 12 years and older who weigh at least 40 kilograms or about 88 pounds - with positive SARS-CoV-2 direct viral test results, and who are at high risk for progression to severe COVID-19 and\/or hospitalization. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Of note, the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine is currently licensed for emergency use in persons 12 years of age and older, while the Modern COVID-19 vaccine is licensed in persons 18 years of age and older. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Both vaccines are given as a series of two injections: Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 three weeks apart and Moderna COVID-19 one month apart. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The licenses for these vaccines have been modified to allow an additional or third dose to be given at least 28 days after the two-dose regimen of the same vaccine to people 18 years of age or older - 12 years of age or older for Pfizer-BioNTech - who have undergone an organ transplant or who are diagnosed with conditions that are considered to have an equivalent level of immunosuppression.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Por Pamela Cruz. Pen\u00ednsula 360 Press [P360P] Este jueves, la Administraci\u00f3n de Alimentos y Medicamentos de EE. UU. (FDA, por sus siglas en ingl\u00e9s) autoriz\u00f3 el uso de emergencia de una tercera dosis de la vacuna contra COVID-19 de Pfizer-BioNTech y Moderna para\u00a0 individuos inmunodeprimidos, espec\u00edficamente, aquellos receptores de trasplantes de \u00f3rganos o a quienes […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":5649,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[170,14,12],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-6758","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-covid19","8":"category-cover","9":"category-health"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6758","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6758"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6758\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6759,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6758\/revisions\/6759"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5649"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6758"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6758"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/peninsula360press.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6758"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}