The newly approved updated COVID-19 vaccine should be available as soon as the end of the week.
6 months and older, if it's been at least two months since a previous dose;
Expected to restore and enhance protection "against the variants currently responsible for most infections and hospitalizations in the United States" despite being targeted against XBB.1.5 or Kraken variant that circulated over the spring and early summer; The new Pfizer and Moderna shots got the final go-ahead from CDC Director Dr. Mandy Cohen on Tuesday, after a 13-1 vote by the federal agency's independent Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices.
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