/tags/pfizer Pfizer en-US Copyright Thu, 03 Aug 2023 23:46:13 GMT /local-news/2023-08-03/nm-state-epidemiologist-recommends-a-new-covid-booster-in-the-fall-maybe-sooner-if-65 New Mexico is seeing a “small uptick” in COVID cases, according to Deputy Health Secretary and Acting State Epidemiologist Laura Parajón. She recommended those under 65 get another vaccine booster when updated versions that target the XBB.1.5 subvariant are approved. Older New Mexicans, she said, may want to get theirs sooner. Thu, 03 Aug 2023 23:46:13 GMT /local-news/2023-08-03/nm-state-epidemiologist-recommends-a-new-covid-booster-in-the-fall-maybe-sooner-if-65 Nash Jones /2021-07-21/theres-a-lot-of-people-out-there-like-me-immunosuppressed-may-not-get-same-protection-from-covid Those living with compromised immune systems are facing a double whammy with the region's low vaccination rates and the possibility that the COVID-19 vaccine may not offer them the same protection as their peers. Fri, 16 Jul 2021 21:53:14 GMT /2021-07-21/theres-a-lot-of-people-out-there-like-me-immunosuppressed-may-not-get-same-protection-from-covid Maggie Mullen