August 22, 2024 by Ernie Mundell Updated shots you may soon get to shield against COVID-19 infection were approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration on Thursday. This year’s approval for the updated mRNA vaccines comes much sooner than happened in 2023, when fall vaccines were authorized on Sept. 11. The latest shots from...
by Mike Stobbe A Moderna Spikevax COVID-19 vaccine is seen at a drugstore in Cypress, Texas, Sept. 20, 2023. On Thursday, Feb. 1, 2024, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said the updated COVID-19 vaccine was 54% effective at preventing symptomatic infection in adults. The shot became available last year as a replacement vaccine...
by Lauran Neergaard Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Moderna hopes to offer updated COVID-19 boosters in the fall that combine its original vaccine with protection against the omicron variant. On Tuesday, it reported a preliminary hint that such an approach might work. Today’s COVID-19 vaccines all are based on the original version of the coronavirus. But...
by Lauran Neergaard In this Thursday, Jan. 23, 2020, file photo, a patient receives an influenza vaccine in Mesquite, Texas. Amid all the focus on COVID-19 vaccinations, U.S. health experts have another plea: Don’t skip your flu shot. With U.S. schools and businesses reopened, international travel resuming and far less masking this fall, flu is...
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain US President Joe Biden’s administration on Friday announced new personnel such as dentists, veterinarians and health care students will be recruited to the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination effort. The move came as the country was poised to soon administer the 100 millionth shot since its inoculation campaign began on December 14. Biden...
