The CDC recommends that everyone stay up to date on COVID-19 vaccines, including both primary series doses and boosters for your age and risk group. Booster shots are safe and effective and provide an additional dose of a vaccine to “boost” your immunity and give you better protection from disease. Children ages 6 months to age 4 should receive all primary series doses, and children ages 5 and up should receive all primary doses and the updated, bivalent booster if eligible. Adults aged 18 and older should also receive all primary doses and the updated booster. For more detailed information about recommended COVID-19 vaccine and booster schedules, including recommendations for those who are immunocompromised, please click here.