The UK has become the first country in the world to authorise an updated COVID-19 booster vaccine directed at the Omicron variant, giving a green light to Moderna's mRNA-1273.214 shot.

For young, healthy people who may be wondering, “do I need a COVID booster at all?”, having one annually is sensible.

As expected, the FDA has moved quickly to grant emergency use authorisation (EUA) to two new-generation COVID-19 mRNA vaccines from Pfizer/BioNTech and Moderna, both targeting the new Omicron ...

Stacker consulted research from Yale Medical School and the World Health Organization to find how SARS-CoV-2 has evolved ...

The updated vaccine covers all major COVID variants that have developed so far, including previous Omicron strains and the new JN1 variant. Thanks to the flexibility of mRNA technology ...

Moderna: Moderna was granted FDA Emergency Use ... 2 and KP.3. Across the United States, KP.3.1.1 of the Omicron family, is the leading variant, accounting for 57% of cases throughout the two ...

Moderna: Moderna was granted FDA Emergency Use ... Updated data for Davidson County Across the United States, KP.3.1.1 of the Omicron family, is the leading variant, accounting for 57% of cases ...

That was far behind the omicron subvariant KP.3.1.1, which accounted for 57.2% of infections. The newly updated mRNA vaccines from Pfizer and Moderna, which target KP.2, the dominant strain last ...

Updated COVID-19 vaccines targeting JN.1-lineage omicron variants of the coronavirus are now available in the U.S. for the fall and winter seasons. Here we answer common questions about the latest ...

An abundance of evidence indicates the mRNA COVID-19 vaccines are remarkably safe and work well to protect against severe disease. But last month, the state of Florida issued updated vaccine guidance ...

1-lineage variants of omicron rather than the XBB.1.5 omicron variant. This is akin to a strain change for a seasonal ...