Huffpost
Catherine Pearson
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has included some mood disorders on its list of underlying conditions that can increase a person’s risk of becoming severely ill if they are infected with COVID-19.
Depression and schizophrenia spectrum disorders are now among the health conditions that appear on the CDC’s list of factors that qualify someone for a booster dose of the Pfizer vaccine. The change, which the agency told HuffPost it made Thursday, means that anyone 18 or over with one of those conditions is now eligible for a third shot six months after getting their second one.