The updated guidance prioritizes older adults, high-risk individuals, and those who have never been vaccinated.

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Revamped COVID-19 vaccines are poised to do battle with the super-contagious omicron variant. On September 1, U.S. health officials greenlit the first major update of the mRNA-based shots, ...

The US Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday authorized updated Covid-19 vaccine booster shots from Moderna and Pfizer. This is the first time updated Covid-19 vaccines have received emergency use ...

On Tuesday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended that everyone 6 months and older get an updated COVID-19 vaccine to protect against the variants currently circulating in ...

COVID-19 vaccines are usually very effective at protecting us from serious illness, hospitalization, or death due to COVID-19. However, the protection provided with the initial vaccine series has been ...

Everyone should get the new COVID-19 booster, experts say, even if you have gotten previous vaccinations or come down with COVID-19 during the omicron wave in late 2021 and early 2022. The Centers for ...

A majority of Americans are not planning to get a COVID-19 booster vaccine this season, according to a survey. The Pew Research Center's survey of 9,593 U.S. adults, conducted between October 21 and ...