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FDA approves updated COVID-19 vaccine, CDC set to issue recommendations this week

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There’s still another step: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention must sign off. A CDC advisory panel is set to issue recommendations Tuesday on who most needs the updated shots.

Vaccinations could begin later this week, and both the COVID-19 and flu shot can be given at the same visit.

But protection wanes over time and the coronavirus continually churns out new variants that can dodge prior immunity. It’s been a year since the last time the vaccines were tweaked.

 

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