Another COVID-19 vaccine option is now available to unvaccinated Alabama adults. The Alabama Department of Public Health has ordered 8,000 doses of Novavax COVID-19 vaccine, and 5,000 of those doses are being sent to county health departments throughout the state. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention endorsed the recommendation from its Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices that the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine be available for people ages 18 years and older. The Novavax COVID- 19 vaccine is a two-dose primary series administered 3 to 8 weeks apart. People who are moderately or severely immunocompromised should also receive 2 doses, given...

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