CDC Recommends Older People Get Another COVID-19 Vaccine

Critics say the recommendation is not supported.

A health care worker prepares a COVID-19 vaccine in New York City in a file photograph. Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images

People 65 and older should get another dose of the latest round of COVID-19 vaccines, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The recommendation “allows older adults to receive an additional dose of this season’s COVID-19 vaccine to provide added protection,” Dr. Mandy Cohen, head of the CDC, said in a recent statement.