2026 CDC Recommendations on COVID Vaccination

Updated August 30, 2026

This information is current as of the date of original publication or update but may have changed by the time you read this. Do not use this information for diagnosis or treatment purposes. Before making health decisions, discuss with a qualified healthcare professional.

Vaccination in pregnancy

Recommendations if you are breastfeeding

electron microscope image of a 2019-nCoV isolate — Transmission electron microscopic image of an isolate from the first U.S. case of COVID-19, formerly known as 2019-nCoV. The spherical viral particles, colorized blue, contain cross-sections through the viral genome, seen as black dots. credit Hannah A Bullock; Azaibi Tamin, public domain

Vaccination for Immunocompromised People

Dr. Aletha inspecting her arm after a COVID-19 shot — Three days after my first vaccination in 2021. I have received boosters as recommended ever since.

a scientist in a lab working on covid antibodies — Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) scientist was preparing patients’ samples for SARS-CoV-2antibody testing. Serological testing is used to detect antibodies, which indicate past infection with the virus that causes COVID-19, and is important to the understanding of disease prevalence within a population. credit James Gathanay, public domain

Information and Misinformation

There has been much of both in the past few years, some deliberate, some well-intentioned, some valuable, some just plain wrong. Whenever possible, get your information directly from the source, not “a friend of a friend’s second cousin”. Here are some tips for finding reliable information

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