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FDA approves new COVID boosters. What variants do they fight?

Name: FDA approves new COVID boosters. What variants do they fight?
Uploaded: 2024-08-28T16:57:00-0500
Duration: 3 min 43 s
Description: Last week, the FDA signed off on two new COVID-19 vaccines designed to fight the latest variants of the virus. The approval comes amid another surge of infections across the country. Dr. Sharon Welbel, chief of epidemiology and infection control at Cook County Health joined CBS News Chicago to talk about the new boosters and the variants they are meant to fight.

Last week, the FDA signed off on two new COVID-19 vaccines designed to fight the latest variants of the virus. The approval comes amid another surge of infections across the country. Dr. Sharon Welbel, chief of epidemiology and infection control at Cook County Health joined CBS News Chicago to talk about the new boosters and the variants they are meant to fight.