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Sep 13 2023
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CDC director stresses importance of updated COVID booster shot amid rising cases
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention endorsed updated COVID booster shots on Tuesday for Americans ages 6 months and older amid rising cases and hospitalizations across the country. It comes a day after the FDA authorized and approved the new shot that is formulated to target variants of the virus that are currently circulating. The vaccines for Moderna, Pfizer and its partner
ABC News (Online)Sep 12 2023
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CDC advisors endorse updated COVID shots for all
Americans will be able to receive an updated COVID-19 vaccine as early as Wednesday after Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) advisors endorsed the shot for everyone over 6 months old. The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) voted 13-1. Once CDC Director Mandy Cohen signs off on the recommendation, the shots will be available to Americans who want them. The new
The HillSep 11 2023
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Updated COVID vaccines approved by FDA ahead of expected fall surge
Updated COVID-19 vaccines were approved Monday by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration ahead of an expected fall and winter surge amid new strains of the dreaded virus. The new batch comes from Moderna and Pfizer and its partner BioNTech, and will reportedly be available to the majority of Americans even if they have no prior COVID vaccination history. The FDA does not consider this latest
New York Daily NewsSep 13 2023
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Vaccines deployed against triple viral threat from COVID-19, RSV, flu
Newly formulated COVID-19 vaccines won final approval from federal regulators Tuesday, giving Americans a triple shot of vaccines to protect against respiratory viruses this fall. The director of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention signed off on recommendations from an independent vaccine committee and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to approve the updated mRNA vaccines
Detroit Free PressOct 03 2023
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Novavax shots to join COVID vaccine rollout
The COVID vaccine rollout will soon include a third option, after the Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday authorized an updated Novavax shot for emergency use in individuals 12 years of age and older.
Why it matters: Novavax's product will be the only non-mRNA COVID-19 vaccine available in the U.S. and could potentially ease logistical issues that have disrupted the rollout amid a
AxiosSep 12 2023
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CDC recommends updated covid shots, paving the way for vaccine this week
Cohen said the reformulated vaccines can restore protection and provide “enhanced protection” against variants currently responsible for most infections and hospitalizations in the United States. Cohen followed the lead of the agency’s vaccine experts who earlier in the day voted for the universal vaccination policy. The move paves the way for some clinicians, pharmacies and other providers to
Washington PostOct 02 2023
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Nobel Prize awarded to duo who made rapid covid vaccines possible
American scientists Katalin Karikó (a Hungarian-born biochemist) and Drew Weissman (an immunologist and professor of vaccine research) have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their research on messenger ribonucleic acid (mRNA), which contributed towards the development of effective covid-19 vaccines (seen via The New York Times). mRNA vaccines have an advantage over
The VergeSep 12 2023
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FDA approves new Covid boosters as cases rise around US
The US has approved a series of Covid-19 booster vaccines amid rising cases of coronavirus around the country, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) said on Monday.
The FDA said it had approved Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines, which can be administered even to people who never previously received a Covid-19 vaccination.
Vaccinations with the new shots could begin as soon as
The GuardianSep 12 2023
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FDA Approves Newest Covid-19 Boosters
The Food and Drug Administration cleared updated Covid-19 shots, which should protect against the latest versions of the virus now circulating—if people get them.
The vaccines, one from Pfizer and its partner BioNTech and another from Moderna, were greenlighted by the health agency on Monday for adults and children 6 months and older.
The doses should be available at pharmacies,
Wall Street Journal (News)Sep 11 2023
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FDA approves updated COVID boosters: People share thoughts on new vaccine
BALTIMORE - New COVID-19 boosters could be coming soon. "I'm excited," Andrea Smart of Towson said. "I want them to come ASAP." The FDA just approved Pfizer and Moderna's COVID-19 boosters for the fall of 2023. These updated vaccines would protect against new variants of the virus that have been going around. MORE: FDA OK's new COVID shots for fall - here's what to know The shots are for
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