Your 1st brush with coronavirus could affect how a fall booster works
The version of a virus to which we're first exposed can dictate how we respond to later variants and, maybe, how well vaccines work.
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The version of a virus to which we're first exposed can dictate how we respond to later variants and, maybe, how well vaccines work.
Nineteen of the members voted yes, two voted no.
A U.S. Food and Drug Administration committee voted Tuesday to support recommending the inclusion of an omicron-specific component for a COVID-19 booster vaccine.
Several committee members also were concerned about the lack of data concerning what should go into future pediatric vaccines.
The FDA's advisers on vaccines deliberated Tuesday on what direction the agency should give drugmakers about future modifications to their COVID shots to address changes in the virus.