An apparent shortage of pharmacists is forcing CVS and Walmart to reduce the hours of its pharmacies, as they close earlier in thousands of locations.
Doctors at UCSF and Stanford Health are still pushing people to get vaccinated after the CDC released new data showing the efficacy of the vaccine dropping.
This means, according to the expert, that other protections against the virus have to be taken in addition to the vaccine. She explains her calculations here:
It's not authorized or recommended by the CDC, but on Thursday Zuckerberg San Francisco General started giving supplemental Pfizer or Moderna shots to people who received the single-dose Johnson & Johnson vaccine.
A decision about booster shots in San Francisco has Washington's attention. After ABC7's story aired Monday night, the CDC, FDA, and White House all had something to say about San Francisco's decision to offer a supplemental Pfizer or Moderna shot to people who got the single-dose Johnson and Johnson vaccine.
The hospital says people who got J&J will be able to get a second shot of either Pfizer and Moderna by the end of the week. But "booster" is not the word health officials are using to describe it. Here's why: