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Denise Fractious, 68, of Pasadena, Calif., receives her Covid vaccination from Tracy Gage, LVN, during a flu and Covid-19 vaccination clinic at Kaiser Permanente Pasadena on Oct. 12.

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CDC may recommend a spring Covid booster for some groups

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is considering recommending a spring Covid booster, especially for people at risk.

A vial labelled “Novavax V COVID-19 Vaccine” is seen in this illustration taken January 16, 2022.

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Novavax updated Covid vaccine wins FDA, CDC backing, paving way to reach Americans within days

Health officials see Novavax’s protein-based vaccine as a valuable alternative for people who don’t want to take messenger RNA shots from Pfizer and Moderna.

COVID-19 vaccine is stored at -80 degrees celsius in the pharmacy at Roseland Community Hospital on December 18, 2020 in Chicago, Illinois.

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Insurance hurdles for new Covid vaccines largely resolved, Biden administration says

Reports of people being denied insurance coverage for the latest Covid vaccines emerged last week as the shots were rolled out to pharmacies

A worker handles a bottle of Merck & Co. and Ridgeback Biotherapeutics LPs Molnupiravir antiviral medication in a warehouse in Shoham, Israel, on Jan. 18, 2022. A fourth dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine was insufficient to prevent infection with the omicron variant of Covid-19, according to preliminary data from a trial in Israel released Monday. Photographer: Kobi Wolf/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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Merck Covid drug linked to virus mutations that can spread between people, new study says

There is still no evidence that molnupiravir, sold under the brand name Lagevrio, has produced more transmissible or severe variants of Covid.

US President Joe Biden during a meeting with Volodymyr Zelenskiy, Ukraine’s president, not pictured, in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023. Zelenskiy pressed US lawmakers privately for sustained support to counter Russia’s war machine in a conflict that allies now fear will drag on for years, just as hardline Republicans are threatening to halt additional aid.

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Biden has gotten the updated COVID-19 vaccine and the annual flu shot, the White House says

The White House says President Joe Biden has gotten the updated COVID-19 vaccine and the annual flu shot.

Sochi Evans, pharmacy technician, fills a syringe with Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine at Texas Southern University Thursday, Feb. 11, 2021

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CDC recommends updated Covid shot for everyone ages 6 months and up

A panel of CDC advisers voted Tuesday to recommend updated Pfizer and Moderna coronavirus booster shots for everyone ages 6 months and up.

US President Joe Biden speaks as he meets with members of his administration on efforts to lower prices for working families at the East room of the White House, in Washington, DC on January 24, 2022.

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Biden to request more funding for new coronavirus vaccine amid rising cases

Officials are already expecting updated COVID-19 vaccines that contain one version of the omicron strain, called XBB.1.5.

A staff member draws up a syringe with the Comirnaty vaccine from Biontech and Pfizer adapted to the Omicron-BA.1 variant at the Mainz vaccination center.

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CDC expects new Covid vaccines from Pfizer, Moderna and Novavax to be available in mid-September

The updated Covid vaccines from Pfizer, Moderna and Novavax still need green lights from the FDA and the CDC before they roll out to the public.

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Exposure to common cold may contribute to pre-existing COVID-19 immunity, study finds

A new study has found that individuals who had exposure to the common cold also may have built up pre-exisitng immunity from the genetically related virus, Covid-19.