Effective December 2022, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends that everyone ages 6 months and older receive one updated bivalent booster if it has been at least 2 months since their last COVID-19 vaccine dose, whether that was their final primary series dose or an original (monovalent) booster.

According to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, a single dose of a bivalent COVID-19 vaccine booster provides broad protection against COVID-19 and is expected to provide better protection against COVID-19 caused by the Omicron variant, which is currently circulating in communities across the U.S.

Parents can contact their doctor, nurse, pharmacy, or health department, or visit vaccines.gov to find available COVID-19 vaccine and booster doses near them.