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Oct 21, 2022 · The new booster is designed to protect against the original strain and Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5. Both Pfizer and Moderna’s bivalent boosters are the same dose size as the previous version. Pfizer’s vaccine for ages 12 and up contains 30 micrograms of antigen, while Moderna’s contains 50 micrograms.
Sep 27, 2022 · Americans have two options for a new omicron-specific Covid booster shot: Pfizer or Moderna. Which one should you get? The short answer: It mostly depends on what you’re eligible for. Pfizer’s...
Jan 25, 2023 · In the real-world CDC data, researchers show that the bivalent booster is reducing COVID-19 among those who receive it, and that protection from disease against the newest variants is similar...
Jan 26, 2023 · That day has finally come. In the fall of 2022, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) authorized—and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended—two updated boosters. The boosters target two Omicron subvariants, BA.4 and BA.5.
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May 23, 2022 · A small study supported by the National Cancer Institute found that booster doses of COVID-19 vaccines already in use produce neutralizing antibodies effective against a recent subvariant of the SARS-CoV-2 Omicron variant.
Sep 2, 2022 · The CDC recommended updated boosters, which target the original virus as well as the omicron BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants, for adults and teens on Thursday.
Sep 16, 2022 · The updated boosters target the newer, widely spread Omicron subvariants of the COVID-causing virus, BA.4 and BA.5, as well as the early 2020 form of the microbe, known as the ancestral strain....
