Moderna said Tuesday it had asked the Food and Drug Administration to authorize an updated version of its COVID-19 booster shot
The drugmaker’s application to the FDA, which covers adults ages 18 and older, follows a similar request from Pfizer-BioNTech Like Pfizer’s updated booster, Moderna’s so-called bivalent vaccine is specifically designed to target
omicron subvariants, BA.4 and BA.5, as well as the original coronavirus strain in a single shot. The move followsWhile COVID-19 cases are declining overall, experts are worried the trend could change due to the two new subvariants.
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