Emergency approval granted by FDA for new COVID vaccines for 2024-2025 season.
The FDA declares that revised vaccines offer enhanced safeguarding against emerging COVID-19 variants.
For the 2024-2025 season, the FDA has approved updated COVID-19 vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer.
An FDA announcement released today stated that the updated mRNA vaccines were "approved and authorized for emergency use."
The Omicron variant KP.2 strain of SARS-CoV-2 is targeted by monovalent (single) vaccines.
The FDA announced that these vaccines have been updated to enhance their effectiveness against COVID-19 variants.
The FDA's Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research director, Peter Marks, M.D., Ph.D., emphasized that vaccination remains the key to preventing COVID-19 in an announcement.
"The agency's stringent scientific requirements for safety, effectiveness, and manufacturing quality have been met by the updated vaccines."
"To better protect against currently circulating COVID-19 variants, we strongly recommend that eligible individuals receive an updated vaccine, as their immunity from previous exposure and prior vaccination has waned."
The CDC advises that individuals aged 6 months and above should receive the updated COVID-19 vaccine.
That includes women who are pregnant or breastfeeding.
The CDC reported that 18.1% of COVID tests were positive as of the week ending Aug. 10.
The percentage of COVID-19 diagnoses among emergency department visitors decreased by 1.5% from the previous week, to 2.4%.
The percentage of COVID-related deaths increased from 1.6% to 1.9%, according to the CDC.
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If individuals have questions about the COVID-19 vaccine, they should speak with their doctor, the agency stated.
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