Everyone ages 6 months and older should get a 2024-2025 COVID-19 vaccine.  The COVID-19 vaccine helps protect you from severe disease, hospitalization, and death.  Getting a COVID-19 vaccine is a safer, more reliable way to build protection than getting sick with COVID- 19.

Getting the 2024–2025 COVID-19 vaccine is important because:

• Protection from the COVID-19 vaccine decreases with time.
• COVID-19 vaccines are updated to give you the best protection from the currently circulating strains.

• Never received a COVID-19 vaccine
• Are ages 65 years and older
• Are at high risk for severe COVID-19
• Are living in a long-term care facility
• Are pregnant, breastfeeding, trying to get pregnant, or might become pregnant in the future.
• Want to lower your risk of getting Long COVID

FDA recently approved and authorized the 2024 – 2025 COVID-19 vaccines . Ask your doctor, pharmacist, community health center, or contact your state health department. Check your local pharmacy’s website to see if vaccination appointments are available. Some pharmacies may offer vaccines to those who walk in without making an appointment ahead of time.

Source: cdc.gov; https://www.cdc.gov/covid/vaccines/stay-up-to-date.html