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New Vaccines Target Current Variants and Enhance Protection Against Covid Variants By Dolores Quintana On Monday, September 11, the U.S....

A panel of experts that advises the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on its vaccine recommendations is meeting Tuesday to consider how safe and effective the three updated Covid-19 vaccines – including the two recently authorized by the US Food and Drug Administration – may be for Americans over the fall and winter.

A panel of experts that advises the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on its vaccine recommendations is meeting Tuesday to consider how safe and effective three updated COVID-19

The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the latest versions of COVID-19 vaccines developed by Pfizer and Moderna which target newer variants of the SARS-CoV-2 virus, it was announced Monday. However, this time around, the US federal government is not covering the costs of the shots. The full price is expected to range between US$ 110 and US$ 130 per dose, it was reported.

Health authorities hope the updated vaccines will provide better protection against serious consequences of COVID-19, including hospitalization and death.

A proposed Utah waiver to extend postpartum Medicaid for 12 months was denied by CMS because the waiver would have limited coverage eligibility if the pregnancy ended in abortion.

A small percentage of Americans got the most recent COVID-19 booster shot, and even fewer probably realize the federal government is preparing to recommend yet another shot as early as Tuesday.

The new COVID-19 vaccine boosters will possibly become available this week after the CDC signs off on the vaccine guidelines on Tuesday.

The FDA authorized updated COVID-19 vaccines from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna on Monday as the country prepares to start an autumn vaccination campaign as soon as this week.

New COVID-19 booster vaccines may be available within days of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) greenlighting shots from Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna. The…