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With an uptick in cases across North Carolina and the country, health experts are urging residents to get the latest vaccinations. The latest vaccinations are meant to target the latest omicron variant, XBB, which is related to 90% of related strains circulating.

The Hawai‘i Department of Health and the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommend use of the new 2023-2024 COVID-19 vaccines that recently were approved and authorized by the US Food and Drug Administration.

The updated shots were approved this week as a way to help protect against the latest coronavirus strains. CVS and Walgreens are just two places providing them.

Vaccines updated to protect against other variants of COVID-19 should be available on Whidbey soon.

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The newly FDA-approved COVID-19 Vaccines are now in Hawaii and are on their way to your primary care physicians and local pharmacies. According to the Hawaii Department of Health, it

Vaccines updated to protect against other variants of COVID-19 should be available on Whidbey soon.

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul is urging residents to receive a new, updated COVID-19 vaccine meant to target a mutated variant of the virus. The new vaccine, approved by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Tuesday, …

Officials said the newly updated vaccines by Pfizer and Moderna target the XBB lineages of the omicron variant, which account for the majority of COVID cases in Hawaii.

The CDC’s new director is traveling the country, meeting with state leaders and using social media to win back the public’s trust.