FDA authorizes Novavax's updated COVID vaccine
Many previously vaccinated Americans will be eligible to get Novavax for the first time.
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Many previously vaccinated Americans will be eligible to get Novavax for the first time.
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On Wednesday, the Department of Health and Human Services said it was working to smooth any hiccups.
Vaccine experts considered narrower recommendations for only higher-risk groups, but decided almost all Americans could benefit.
The new shots are similar to previously approved formulas but were updated to target strains of the virus descended from Omicron.
Reformulated vaccine is already available at some pharmacies and will be more widely accessible starting next week.
The CDC recommends a new shot, targeting more a recent variant, for virtually all Americans to reduce the risk of severe illness, hospitalization or death.
In the most recent data, 77.5% of Americans ages 16 and older have antibodies from at least one prior infection.
A panel of outside advisers to the US Food and Drug Administration voted Thursday that Covid-19 vaccines should be updated for the fall as the pandemic continues to recede from daily life but the coronavirus shows no signs of slowing its evolution.
The free COVID-19 vaccination clinics in West Sacramento and Woodland will end this month, according to Yolo County Health and Human Services Agency.
The latest round of boosters comes amid a swath of changes now greenlighted by FDA and CDC to COVID-19 vaccines.
A new study found that parents are hesitant to get their children vaccinated.
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In the face of senators' criticism, Moderna CEO Stéphane Bancel did not agree to lower the commercial cost of the company's Covid-19 vaccine in a hearing Wednesday on the vaccine's price.
The FDA's goal is to roll out the combo option by the following flu season.
"Truth is, [the] pharmaceutical industry is enormously greedy, charging us outrageously, uncontrollably high prices," the senator told "Face the Nation."
Most Americans will continue to get vaccines for free, but tests and antiviral pills could get costly later this year.
Dr. Ashish Jha said he was hopeful insurers would still cover COVID-19 tests after the official end of the public health emergency.
U.S. health officials want to make COVID-19 vaccinations more like the annual flu shot.
Despite official promises of a vaccine surge and calls for most of those infected to just ride it out, sudden policy changes have left many people nervous.
The measure now goes to President Biden's desk for his signature.
