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FDA Approves Updated Covid Vaccines From Pfizer and Moderna
- Updated shots designed to target the XBB.1.5 strain of Covid
- Vaccines need CDC recommendation before reaching US public
A healthcare worker administers a dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech Covid-19 vaccine in Manning, South Carolina.
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US regulators approved updated versions of the Covid-19 vaccines made by Pfizer Inc. and Moderna Inc. Monday as hospitalizations tick up in a late-summer surge of the virus.
“The public can be assured that these updated vaccines have met the agency’s rigorous scientific standards for safety, effectiveness and manufacturing quality,” said Peter Marks, director of the Food and Drug Administration’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research.