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The AMA Update covers a range of health care topics affecting the lives of physicians, residents, medical students and patients. Learn more about the new Omicron booster.

Answers to your questions about the updated omicron variant vaccines.

RICHMOND — Eligible residents of Virginia are now able to schedule appointments with their healthcare providers to receive the new, free COVID-19 bivalent…

Taipei, Sept. 8 (CNA) Lee Ping-ing (李秉穎), head of Taiwan's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP), said Thursday that in his view, the country's quarantine policy for arriving travelers should be scrapped, as the vast majority of COVID-19 cases are now domestic.

The Georgia Department of Public Health (DPH) will begin offering the new bivalent COVID-19 booster this week.

Physical similarities in vials for updated bivalent COVID-19 booster shots and conventional vaccines are reportedly raising concerns about the potential for mix-ups.

The bivalent booster has elements of the original virus as well as elements of the most recent Omicron variants BA.4 and BA.5.

WASHINGTON (dpa-AFX) - Getting an updated Covid vaccine this fall will help restore protection that has waned since previous vaccination, according to the White House Covid-19 Response Team.'Laboratory

Starting this week, the new bivalent COVID-19 booster shot is available to Georgia residents. This booster is said to arm recipients against the omicron strain of the coronavirus.

Last week, the FDA and CDC approved the next generation of bivalent anti-COVID-19 vaccines designed for the dominant Omicron strains, as the Biden administration continues its vaccine-only strategy.