-- Shares Facebook Twitter Reddit Email This summer's COVID-19 wave has gotten so bad — even worse than winter peaks in some regions — the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced they are approving two vaccines early, but leaving one out for now.
On Thursday, the agency used its emergency use authorization (EUA) to rubber stamp a group of updated mRNA vaccines produced by Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech. They inoculate against the SARS-CoV-2 virus, specifically the KP.2 strain , which has been driving a large proportion of infections this summer.
The vaccines (Pfizer-BioNTech's Comirnaty and Moderna's Spikevax) are recommended for everyone six months and older. Shots will be available in days. To find a vaccination location near you, the Department of Health and Human Services says you can text your zip code to 438829, call 1-800-232-0233 or visit vaccines.
gov (though the website is still being updated as of this posting.) Related Noah Lyles' collapse underscores our collective COVID denial “Vaccination continues to be the cornerstone of COVID-19 prevention,” Peter Marks, M.D.
, Ph.D., director of the FDA’s Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research, said in a statement.
“These updated vaccines meet the agency’s rigorous, scientific standards for safety, effectiveness and manufacturing quality. Given waning immunity of the population from previous exposure to the virus and from prior vaccination, we strongly encourage those who are eligible to consider re.