The next step is for the CDC to recommend the shots.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized two newly updated COVID-19 booster shots: one made by Moderna and one made by Pfizer and German biotechnology company BioNTech, according to a statement released Wednesday .
Through an"emergency use authorization," the updated Moderna booster can be used in people ages 18 and older, while the Pfizer-BioNTech booster is authorized for people as young as 12. The single-dose shots can be given to people who are at least two months out from the final dose of their initial COVID-19 vaccine series or at least two months out from their last booster shot, if they've received one.
The FDA instead based its decision on the ample safety and efficacy data gathered on the original Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech shots, first rolled out in late 2020. In addition, the agency considered data from two recent clinical trials, in which both vaccine manufacturers were testing experimental boosters designed to target BA.1, an older omicron subvariant that's no longer circulating. And finally, the manufacturers assessed the newest boosters, targeting BA.4 and BA.
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