More People Should Be Getting New COVID-19 Vaccines: CDC

The uptake of the new COVID-19 vaccines is lower than ideal, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) says. “COVID-19 vaccine uptake is lower than we’d like to see, and most people will be without the added protection that can reduce the severity of COVID-19,” the CDC said in a Nov. 22 statement. Just 14 percent of U.S. adults have received one of the new shots, which became available in the fall, according to CDC data. Surveys show people aren’t getting the vaccines because of concerns about side effects and the lack of clinical data. The CDC recommended the vaccines for nearly all Americans after the U.S. Food and Drug Administration authorized and approved them based largely on animal testing....