The FDA's goal is to roll out the combo option by the following flu season.
Regardless, Marks said the FDA is working on"a robust grouping of data" vetting the safety and effectiveness of administering separate shots for flu and COVID-19 on the same day. plans to formally study a potential rare safety issue that was flagged this past season with co-administering the COVID and flu shots in seniors.
Time is running out for the switch. While boosters for most Americans used an updated bivalent recipe targeted to the BA.4 and BA.5 variants this past winter, primary series shots for unvaccinated people still relies on shots made from the original monovalent recipe. That is due to expire and is largely no longer being produced.
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