The Food and Drug Administration is recommending that the U.S. decide each June which SARS-CoV-2 strains to include in an annual fall booster shot.
The Food and Drug Administration is recommending that the U.S. decide each June which SARS-CoV-2 strains should be included in an annual fall booster shot.
Doing so would allow updated COVID-19 vaccines to be ready for distribution “no later than September” each year, according to documents published by the regulator. Cases are now rising in just five states: Alaska, Tennessee, Illinois, Kentucky and Missouri. On a per capita basis, Tennessee leads with 41 new cases per 100,000 residents, followed by Rhode Island at 27.
What’s seen as the world’s largest annual human migration is under way again in China for the Lunar New Year, after the country lifted pandemic restrictions. The Wall Street Journal’s Yoko Kubota reports on how it’s expected to boost the economy — and the risk of new COVID-19 outbreaks. Photo: Cfoto/Zuma Press
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