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CDC recommends third dose of Novavax COVID-19 vaccine

STATEWIDE (Oct. 19, 2022) — Today, the FDA authorized and Centers for Disease Control recommended a third Novavax COVID-19 vaccine dose for adults. Adults aged 18 years and older who have not gotten any booster doses can receive a third Novavax dose six months after finishing their primary series of any authorized COVID-19 vaccine. This third dose is the same formulation and dosage as the doses in the Novavax primary series. 

CDPHE to send text and email reminders to Coloradans aged 50 - 64 about new omicron COVID-19 vaccine doses

STATEWIDE (October 14, 2022) — Beginning today, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment will send text and email reminders to Coloradans aged 50 to 64 whose records in the Colorado Immunization Information System show they may be due for an omicron dose of COVID-19 vaccine. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention authorized the new omicron dose in September 2022.