U.S. National Institutes of Health Director Dr. Francis Collins said he believes COVID-19 vaccine booster use will be expanded despite a panel of Food and Drug Administration (FDA) experts recommending against them for the general population. An overwhelming majority of the panel voted against recommending Pfizer’s COVID-19 booster for most of the general population, although later approved them for individuals aged 65 and older. Some scientists on the panel expressed concern that side effects associated with the vaccine such as myocarditis, a type of heart inflammation, aren’t properly understood and suggested that young people don’t need boosters for now. But in an interview on Sept. 19, Collins, whose agency doesn’t oversee the FDA, said that the booster doses will likely be approved in the future. “I think the big news is that they actually did approve the initiation of boosters, and remember they’re taking a snapshot of right now. We’re …
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