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  1. Nov 1, 2023 · The Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine (2023-2024 Formula) is authorized for all doses administered to individuals 6 months through 11 years of age to prevent COVID-19. The Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine ...

  2. This Vaccine Information Fact Sheet for Recipients and Caregivers comprises the Fact Sheet for the authorized Moderna COVID-19 Vaccine and also includes information about the FDA-licensed...

    • What Is in The Vaccine and How Does It Work?
    • How Was The Vaccine developed?
    • How Effective Is The Vaccine?
    • How Safe Is The Vaccine?

    As with most other COVID-19 vaccine designs, the Moderna mRNA vaccine works by triggering an immune responseagainst the SARS-CoV-2 virus’s spike protein, which sits on the surface of the virus and is what the virus uses to enter cells. The vaccine is madeof modified messenger RNA, or mRNA, wrapped in a special blend of fatty molecules known as lipi...

    The Moderna vaccine was developed in collaborationwith the National Institutes of Health. Researchers at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases’ Vaccine Research Center were already workingwith scientists at Moderna on an investigational vaccine to protect against MERS, another disease caused by a coronavirus. As soon as the gene...

    In the updatedtrial results reported to the FDA for full approval, the Moderna vaccine was 93.2% effective in preventing symptomatic disease at least two weeks after the second dose in people 18 years of age and older. As we’ve explained before, that means that a vaccinated person has a 93% reduced risk of becoming sick, compared with a similar per...

    No serious safety concerns were reported in the trials. As with the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine, however, vaccine recipients have frequently experienced temporary side effects, including pain at the site of injection, swelling of the lymph nodes in the vaccinated arm, fatigue, headache, muscle or joint pain, and chills. According to the FDA’s summary, ...

  3. Aug 18, 2022 · The Moderna vaccine after two doses and a first booster dose has been shown to have very high effectiveness against severe disease, hospitalizations and death, and modest effectiveness against symptomatic illness.

  4. The Moderna COVID‑19 vaccine, sold under the brand name Spikevax, is a COVID-19 vaccine developed by the American company Moderna, the United States National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), and the Biomedical Advanced Research and Development Authority (BARDA).

  5. Sep 11, 2023 · Moderna's updated COVID-19 vaccine contains spike proteins for the XBB.1.5 sublineage of SARS-CoV-2 to help prevent COVID-19 in individuals 6 months of age and older. With the U.S. FDA's decision, Moderna will begin shipping doses to vaccination sites across the U.S., with updated vaccines expected to be available in the coming days.

  6. Aug 31, 2022 · The Food and Drug Administration on Wednesday authorized updated versions of Pfizer-BioNTech’s and Moderna’s Covid booster shots that target the highly contagious BA.5 omicron subvariant. The FDA...

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