FDA advisers endorse updating Covid vaccines to target latest omicron strain
The COVID-19 vaccines are on track for a big recipe change this fall.
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The COVID-19 vaccines are on track for a big recipe change this fall.
A panel of advisers to the Food and Drug Administration has recommended revising the current COVID-19 vaccine so that it specifically targets omicron.
The CDC now estimates XBB sublineages comprise nearly 99% of circulating coronavirus in the U.S., displacing the BA.5 subvariant that dominated the nation for much of last year.
The COVID-19 vaccines are on track for a big recipe change this fall.
The COVID-19 vaccines are on track for a big recipe change this fall. Today’s vaccines still contain the original coronavirus strain, the one that started the pandemic. But that strain