The FDA approves new COVID vaccines for the 2024-2025 season.

The FDA declares that revised vaccines offer enhanced safeguarding against emerging COVID-19 variants.

The FDA approves new COVID vaccines for the 2024-2025 season.

For the 2024-2025 season, the FDA has approved updated COVID-19 vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer.

The FDA has approved Comirnaty and Spikevax for people aged 12 and above, while granting emergency authorization to Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines for children aged 6 months to 11 years, as per an announcement released today.

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.

FDA sign — The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved updated COVID-19 vaccines from Moderna and Pfizer for the 2024-2025 season. (REUTERS/Andrew Kelly/File Photo)

"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."

COVID vaccine — The updated mRNA vaccines were "approved and authorized for emergency use," according to an FDA announcement. (iStock)

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.

Vials with Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine labels are seen against a blue background. — The monovalent (single) vaccines are designed to target the Omicron variant KP.2 strain of SARS-CoV-2. (Reuters/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo)

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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