New season, new COVID-19 booster shot
The Food and Drug Administration has decided to allow some people to get a second booster of an updated vaccine to target the omicron variant, NPR reports.
Those eligible include people 65 and older who got their first omicron booster at least four months ago, as well as people with weakened immune systems.
An official announcement is expected within two weeks, NPR reports.
The news comes as the agency is “focusing on planning for an annual COVID booster campaign starting in the fall of 2023 — with vaccines that will have been updated to target whichever variant is expected to be circulating next winter,” NPR reports. [NPR]
