The Biden administration is trying to speed up the availability of next generation COVID-19 boosters that target omicron:
The FDA is trying to make"bivalent" COVID vaccines, which target two different antigens, available as soon as September. The Biden administration may scrap plans to let more younger adults get second COVID-19 boosters this summer. Instead, officials are trying to speed up availability of the next generation of boosters in the fall, NPR has learned.
But the possible shift is being met with mixed reactions. The Food and Drug Administration could make a final decision by the end of the week. So as COVID is starting to become more serious than a cold or flu again, most people younger than age 50 aren't eligible for fourth shots — second boosters — to protect themselves. In response, tBut letting more people get boosted with the original vaccine now could interfere with plans to boost them with updated, hopefully more protective vaccines in the fall to blunt the toll of the winter surge.
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Reformulated COVID vaccine boosters may be available earlier than expectedThe Biden administration may scrap plans to expand eligibility for second boosters to younger adults. Instead, it's trying to speed up the next generation of boosters targeting the omicron variant. | via NPR
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