: FDA authorizes an extra COVID-19 dose for people with weak immune systems in the first regulatory OK for a booster shot in the U.S.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration late Thursday authorized an extra COVID-19 booster shot for people with compromised immune systems in a move that underscores the risk that the virus still poses to some vaccinated Americans.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration late Thursday authorized an extra COVID-19 booster shot for people with compromised immune systems in a move that underscores the risk that the virus still poses to some vaccinated Americans.